The  Official  Book  of  the 

[ — ] 

Ohio  Federation  of  Labor 

^ — 3 

Twenty-fifth  Convention 

i , 


1908 


Edward  Ford,  President  C.  L.  Lewis,  Secretary  G.  R.  Ford,  Treasurer 

G.  W.  De  Maid,  Gen.  Sales  Agt.  H.  W.  Cochran,  Supt. 

— The  = 
Edward  Ford  Plate  Glass  Company 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

POLISHED 
PLATE  GLASS 


Works  at  Rossford  TOLEDO,  OHIO 


Anchor  Liquid  Paints 

MEET  ALL  REQUIREMENTS 

BODY,  OPACITY,  SPREAD 
Weight,  Measure  and  Durability 

A heavy  bodied,  rich,  old  fashioned  Paint 

MADE  BY 

The  Irvin  Jewell  & Vinson  Company 

DAYTON,  OHIO 


YOU  CAN  ALWAYS  DEPEND 

ON 


FLEISCHMANN’S 

YEAST 


The  Modern  and  Up-to-date  Method  of  Lighting  is  found  in 

the  Use  of 


It  offers  a beautiful  light  for  the  home,  and  a complete  solution  of  every 

lighting  and  power  problem 

The  Cost  is  Small=The  Convenience  is  Great 

Our  experts  are  at  your  service  for  the  asking 

The  Cleveland  Electric  Illuminating  Co. 

Cuyahoga  Building,  Public  Square  and  Superior  Avenue 
Bell  Main  2401  Cuyahoga  Central  5860 


PATRONIZE 

THE  FAIR 

Sixth  and  Race 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO 


CH&D 


the  MICHIGAN  line 

Fast  Trains  at  Convenient  Hours  to 

TOLEDO 

DETROIT 

MICHIGAN 

CANADA 

W.  B.  CALLOWAY,  General  Passenger  Agent 
CINCINNATI,  O. 


Book  and  Convention  Pro- 

sol 

ceedings  of  the  Twenty-fifth  Annual 

Convention  of  the  Ohio  Federation 

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of  Labor,  at  Dayton,  O.,  1908 

PUBLISHED  BY 

THE  OHIO  FEDERATION  OF  LABOR 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


OOD  INTENTIONS 


avail  but  little  unless  fol- 


lowed by  action.  All  men  intend  to  save,  but  few  carry  out  their 
intentions.  It  is  the  hardest  thing  in  the  world  to  save  money  unless 
you  are  compelled  to  do  so.  Hundreds  of  thousands  of  persons 
acknowledge  that  their  life  insurance  policies  represent  all  they  have 
ever  been  able  to  save  through  the  course  of  many  years.  Don’t  procrastinate  and 
give  idle  excuses.  Apply  for  insurance  at  once. 


The  Union  Central  Life  Insurance  Company 

Jesse  R.  Clark,  President 

Established  1867  Assets  $62,000,000 

We  can  give  you  good  reasons  why  insurance  in  this  Company  is  less  expensive  than 

in  any  other 


THE  SPARKLING  GEM 


BASE  BURNER 

MADE  BY 

THE  TOLEDO 
STOVE  AND  RANGE 
COMPANY 


Manufacturers  of  the  GEM  Heating  Stoves  and  Ranges;  also,  Taylor’s  Patented 

Natural  Gas  Heater 


Cor.  Grand  and  Smead  Avenues,  Toledo,  Ohio,  U.  S.  A. 


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Ohio  Federation  of  Labor 


OFFICERS 

Llewellyn  Lewis, Martin’s  Ferry 

President 

Thomas  Rumsey, Toledo 

First  Vice  President 


E.  L.  Hitchens, 

Second  Vice  President 

Cincinnati 

John  Moore, 

Third  Vice  President 

William  Lamb, 

Fourth  Vice  President 

Youngstown 

L.  C.  Van  Ness, 

Fifth  Vice  President 

Harry  D.  Thomas, 

Secretary-T  reasurer 
No.  717  Superior  Avenue  Northeast 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


MYRON  T.  HERRICK  JOHN  H.  DEXTER 

President  Treasurer 

Incorporated  1849 

Society  for  Savings 

IN  THE  CITY  OF  CLEVELAND 
REPORT  of  the  condition  of  the  “Society  for  Savings  in 
the  City  of  Cleveland,”  in  the  State  of  Ohio,  before  the 
commencement  of  business,  July  1 , 1908. 


RESOURCES 

Loans  on  Real  Estate  $10,657,459.73 

Loans  on  United  States  Bonds 5, 1 20.00 

Loans  on  Other  Stocks  and  Bonds 6,999,923.31 

United  States  Bonds,  par 1,175,000.00 

State  Bonds,  par 127,937.50 

Other  Bonds 26,684,112.50 

Real  Estate 1,160,837.69 

Expenses 1 ,939. 1 6 

Due  from  Banks  and  Trust  Companies 5,105,029.39 

Specie 7,616.55 

National  Bank  and  United  States  Currency..  1,219,146.27 
All  Other  Assets 1 509.91 


Total $53,144,632.01 

LIABILITIES 

Individual  Deposits $49,787,008.50 

Undivided  Profits 157,623.51 

Surplus  Fund 3,200,000.00 


Total. $53,144,632.01 


NUMBER  OF  OPEN  ACCOUNTS,  80,934 


The  Union  National 
Bank,  of  Cleveland, 

with  Capital  and  Surplus 
aggregating  $2,500,000  seeks 
new  accounts  and  desires  to 
meet  or  correspond  with  those 
considering  new  banking  con- 
nections 


A SAFE  BANK 

FOR  THE  PEOPLE 

FOR  thirteen  years  this  bank 
has  conducted  a safe,  con- 
servative business  in  Cleveland 
and  vicinity,  during  which  time 
it  has  added  to  its  books  the 
accounts  of  more  than  seventy 
thousand  depositors.  It  allows 
four  per  cent  interest  on  savings 
deposits.  Small  accounts  wel- 
come. 

JL  be 

Cleveland 
Zxmt  Company 

CAPITAL  AND  SURPLUS  FIVE  MIL- 
LION DOLLARS 


Capital 

One  Million  Dollars 

National  Bank  of 
Commerce 


Toledo,  Ohio 


OF  LABOR 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


THE  ROEHR  COMPANY 

=MANUFACTURERS  OF = 

ROEHR’S  PATENT 
INTERIOR  TRIM 

BUCYRUS,  OHIO = 


THE: 

White  Sewing  Machine 

y4  Good  Looker 

BUT 

a Better  Performer 

Made  in  Vibrator  and  Rotary  Shut- 
tle styles,  the  Rotary  doing  lock 
(double)  or  chain  (single)  stitching 
at  will  of  operator.  Catalogs  free 

WHITE  SEWING  MACHINE  CO. 

300  Rose  Building  and  426  Prospect  Avenue  Southeast 


OF  LABOR 


9 


LLEWELLYN  LEWIS 

President  of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor 
Representing  the  Tin  and  Sheet  Iron  Workers 
Martins  Ferry 


10 


OHIO  FEDERATION 


CARPENTERS ! 

Look  for  this  trade  mark  when  buying  tools 
It  will  protect  you  against  inferior  goods. 

Registered 

Ohio  Tools 

are  made  in  one  quality  only 
and  that 

THE  BEST 

Experienced  mechanics  have  come  to  look  upon  them  as  the  Most  Economical  Tools  for  the 
User.  Every  “Ohio”  Tool  is  covered  by  a broad  guarantee.  Our  line  of  Improved  Tools  includes: 
ADJUSTABLE  PLANES — Fitted  with  our  specially  constructed  extra  heavy  cutter  which  prevents  chattering  and 
trembling  in  knots  or  hard  places. 

WOOD  PLANES — Well  made  from  thoroughly  seasoned  timber. 

BAILEY  AUGER  BITS — Single  Twist;  rapid  and  easy  cutting;  durable. 

CHISELS — Correctly  made  from  a high  grade  of  tool  steel. 

DRAWING  KNIVES — That  are  right  in  hang,  style  and  temper. 

PLANE  IRONS — Constructed  from  high  grade  steel.  No  “chattering”  or  “trembling”  when  using  “Ohio”  plane 
irons.  Also,  a complete  line  of  Spoke  Shaves,  Gouges,  Bench  and  Hand  Screws,  Cabinet  Makers’  and  Manual 
Training  Benches,  etc.  Write  for  Catalogue  No,  0. 

OHIO  TOOL  COMPANY,  COLUMBUS,  OHIO 


SANDUSKY  TOOL  CO. 

SANDUSKY,  OHIO 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

Planes,  Plane  Irons,  Hoes,  Mallets,  Handles, 
Bench  and  Hand  Screws,  Cooper  and  Cabinet 
Makers*  Tools,  Planer  Knives,  Molding  Bits 

All  Plane  Irons  warranted  and  guaranteed  to  be  the  best  on  the 

market 


NEW  YORK  OFFICE 
No.  21  Warren  Street 
NEW  YORK  CITY 
U.  S.  A. 


If  your  nearest  dealer 
does  not  handle  our 
goods  order  direct 
from  the  factory. 


CAREY’S  85%  MAGNESIA 

STEAM  PIPE  AND  BOILER  COVERINGS 

THE  IDEAL  AND  ONLY  PERFECT  HEAT  INSULATION 

FLEXIBLE  CEMENT  ROOFING 

FOR  ALL  CLASSES  OF  BUILDINGS 

ASBESTOS  PACKINGS,  ASBESTOS  PAPER,  BOARD,  CLOTH,  GASKETS,  ETC. 
ROOFING  PAINTS  AND  CEMENTS,  COLD  WATER  PAINTS 

THE  PHILIP  CAREY  COMPANY 


GENERAL  OFFICES:  LOCKLAND,  STATION  R„  CINCINNATI,  OHIO 

FACTORIES:  Plymouth  Meeting,  Pa.,  Baldwinsville,  Mass.,  Lockland,  Ohio 
BRANCH  OFFICES  AND  WAREROOMS  in  all  prominent  cities  throughout  the  United  States, 

Canada  and  Mexico 


OF  LABOR 


11 


HARRY  D.  THOMAS 

Secretary-Treasurer  of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor 

and  Business  Agent  of  the  United  Trades  and  Labor  Council 
of  Cleveland,  Ohio 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


HAVE  YOU  TROUBLE  WITH  YOUR  VALVES? 

WE  ARE  THE  DOCTORS 

THE  POWELL  WHITE  STAR 

FOR  HIGH  PRESSURE  AND  SUPERHEATED  STEAM,  AND  THE 

“UNION”  DISK 

FOR  MEDIUM  PRESSURE  AND  HOT  WATER  HEATING 

They  are  in  a class  by  themselves — built  on  entirely  new  lines  and  right  up 
to  date.  Every  convenience  and  requirement  in  daily  development 
have  been  embodied  in  these  valves. 

Try  'Em,  Buy  'Em,  and  be  cured.  Jobbers  Everywhere  Solicit  Our  Orders 

The  William  Powell  Company 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO 


Cuyahoga  Central  4031 


THE 


Bell  Main  410 


3L  CUtott  lectrtc  Company 


ELECTRICAL  MACHINERY 


322-328  Champlain  Avenue  N.  W. 


CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


Metal  Ceilings 
Corrugated  Arches 
Tin  Plate 
Cornices 
Eaves  Trough 
Registers 
Metal  Furniture 
Metal  Roofing 
Tin  Roofing 


The  Canton  Art  Metal  Co. 

CANTON,  OHIO 

Good  Goods  Only  Get  Our  Prices 


Skylights 
Conductor  Pipe 
Steel  Sheets 
Metal  Shingles 
Metal  Siding 
Solder 
Finials 
Elbows 
Hangers 


PILE  DRIVING.  HARBOR  AND  DOCK  WORKS.  RAILWAYS.  TUNNELING 
MUNICIPAL  IMPROVEMENTS.  BUILDINGS.  FOUNDATIONS 
HEAVY  MASONRY.  CONCRETE  CONSTRUCTION 

Cfie  C.  ft.  JFatfi  & J&on  Construction  Co. 

GENERAL  CONTRACTORS 


TELEPHONE  MAIN  624 

316  Electric  Building  Cleveland,  Ohio 


OF  LABOR 


13 


THOMAS  RUMSEY 

First  Vice-President  of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor 
and  Business  Agent  of  the  Central  Labor  Union 
of  Toledo 


14 


OHIO  FEDERATION 


Save  and  Have 

*JIf  you  will  deposit  $1.57  each 
week  with  The  Guardian  for 
ten  years,  it  will  amount  to 
$1,000.00. 

fjThat  is  systematic  saving-. 
Isn’t  it  worth  while  ? 

?We  pay  4%  interest  com- 
pounded twice  a year. 

tjYou  can  bank  by  mail. 

^Capital  and  surplus  two  mil- 
lion dollars. 


THE 

GUARDIAN 

Savings  & T rust  Co . 

Cleveland,  O. 


MILLING  CUTTERS 

HIGH  SPEED  OR  CARBON  STEEL, 

as  you  desire,  but  either  the  best  it  is 
possible  to  produce. 

Prompt  delivery  on  all  orders. 

Write  us  for  price  list. 

The  National  Tool  Co. 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


J.  A.  REAUGH,  President. 


E.  W.  REAUGH,  General  Manager. 


The  Reaugh  Construction  Co. 


ESTABLISHED  1870 


M 


asonry 


Reinforced  Concrete 
Tile  Fireproofing 
Cut  Stone 


Building  Construction 


516  Garfield  Building 
CLEVELAND 


Difficult  Foundations 
Carpentry 
Mill  Work 
Tunnels 


I THE  BALL  WATCH 

Built  of  Best  Quality  Materials,  in  Light,  Healthy  Shops  by  Skilled  Union  Men 
DESERVES  ATTENTION  WHEN  YOU  WANT  RELIABLE  TIME 
Are  you  interested  in  the  Watch  Question?  Write  for  Booklet 

The  Webb  C.  Ball  Watch  Co. 

BALL  BUILDING  CLEVELAND , OHIO 


OF  LABOR 


15 


E.  L.  HITCHENS 

Second  Vice-President  of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor 


16 


OHIO  FEDERATION 


GEO.  E.  HARDY.  Pres,  and  Treas.  D.  W.  ANDERSON,  Vice-Pres.  and  Gen.  Supt.  A.  M.  TILLINGHAST,  Secretary 

The  Hardy  Paint  & Varnish  Co. 


rMANUFACTURERS  OF: 


“Zenith’’  Ready  Mixed  Paints 

“Hardy’’  Paint  Specialties 

“Duchess’’  White  Lead 

TOLEDO,  OHIO 


The  United  States 
Varnish  Company 

jflftanufacturers 

namtsljes 

Telephone  West  359 

2616-2618  Colerain  Ave.,  Cincinnati 


The  Sun  Oil  Company 

PRODUCER,  REFINER,  SHIPPER  AND 
EXPORTER  OF 

PETROLEUM 

AND  ALL  ITS  PRODUCTS 

Manufacturers  of  Gasoline,  Naptha,  Illum- 
inating Oils,  High  Grade  Lubricating  Oils 
and  Greases,  Mascot  Cylinder  Oil.  650 
Test ; Occident  Cylinder  Oil,  700 
Test ; Sun  Engine  Oil,  Gas  Engine 
Oil,  Harness  Oils,  Floor  Oils. 

Axle  Greases,  Cup  Greases 

AND  ALL  GRADES  OF  OIL  OF  SPECIAL 
MANUFACTURE 

“Anti-Trust  and  “Home  Manufacture 
“Lowest  Prices  and  “Best  Goods 

OFFICE  AND  WORKS 

TOLEDO.  - - OHIO 


Che  Columbus 


tl  Cloth  Company 


TABLE  OIL  CLOTH  CARRIAGE  OIL  CLOTHS 

MUROLIUM 

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL  LEADING  JOBBERS 

Office  and  Factory,  1280-90  N.  Grant  Avenue,  Columbus,  Ohio 


OF  LABOR 


17 


JOHN  MOORE 

Third  Vice-President  of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


Industry  and  Economy 

create  a spirit  of  independence 
which  makes  a man  valuable  to 
himself  and  to  his  community. 

A growing  savings  account  is  a 
good  indication  of  these  qualities 


THE  SUPERIOR  SAVINGS 
AND  TRUST  COMPANY 


Rockefeller  building 

CLEVELAND 


J J.  SULLIVAN 

Presioent 

J.  H.  MCBRIDE 

Vice-President 


E.  W.  OGLEBAY, 
Chairman  ofthe  Board 

F.  A.  SCOTT 

Secy  and  Treas. 


Did  you  ever  stop  to  consider 
what  the  telephone  service  was 
before  The  Home  Telephone  Co. 
entered  the  field  and 


What  You  Paid 
for  that  Service f 

Compare  your  serviee 
of  six  years  ago  with 
today  and  then  ask 
yourself 

Who’s  Responsible? 

Patronize  Home  Institutions 
and  Home  Capital 

The  Toledo  Home  Telephone  Co, 

231  Huron  Street 


The  Cuyahoga  Telephone  Co. 


LOCAL  AND 
LONG 
DISTANCE 


Efficient  Reasonable 

Service  Rates 


Call  Contract 
Department 
Central  31 


The  Columbus  Citizens 
Telephone  Company 

COLUMBUS,  OHIO 


The  most  complete  Automatic 
Telephone  System  in  the  world. 
The  Company  is  able  to  supply 
all  demands  for  telephone 
service  with  the  Automatic 
Quick  and  Secret  Service 


FULL  COPPER  METALLIC  CIRCUITS 
ALL  INDIVIDUAL  LINES 


OF  LABOR 


19 


WILLIAM  A.  LAMB 

Fourth  Vice-President  oi  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor 
Representing  the  Street  Railway  Employees 
of  Youngstown 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


“SWEET  REPOSE” 


is  yours  if  you  sleep  on 


Registered  in  U.  S.  Patent  Office 

On  sale  at  all  RELIABLE  Furniture 
and  Department  Stores 

OUR  NAME  ON  EVERY  GENUINE 

Stearns  & Foster  Mattress 

ACCEPT  NO  SUBSTITUTE 

The  Stearns  & Foster  Co. 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO 


THE 

PRINTZBIEDERMAN  CO. 

MAKERS  OF 

Printze$$ 
Cloaks,  Suits  and 
Skirts 


CHICACO  SALESROOM 

No.  238  FRANKLIN  STREET 


ESTATE 

STOVES 


AND 


ESTATE  STEEL  RANGE 


RANGES 


Whether  for 
Coal,  Wood 
or  Gas  . . . 


ARE  ALWAYS 
IN  THE 
FRONT  RANK 


For  sale  by  all  first-class  dealers  throughout 
the  United  States 


THE  ESTATE  STOVE  CO. 

MANUFACTURERS 

HAMILTON,  OHIO 


Thos.  E.  Kennedy  Sc  Co. 

I&rtnttng  Machinery 
Cype  and  Material 


337  Main  Street,  near  Fourth 

Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Outfitting  a Specialty 
Phone  Main  2494 

REPRESENTING 

Barnhart  Bros.  & Spindler’s  Type 
Universal  Presses 

Chandler  & Price  Gordons 
Golding  & Company 
Optimus  Presses 

Brown  & Carver  Cutters 
Brown  Folders 

Hamilton  Wood  Type  and  Goods 


OF  LABOR 


21 


L.  C.  VAN  NESS 

Filth  Vice-President  of  the  Ohio  Federation  ol  Labor 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


SALAD 


DRESSING 


THE  NAME  INSURES  YOU 
GET  THE  BEST 

The  Wm.  Edwards  Co. 

Manufacturing  Department 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


S<*ao  BLE|Nb 

COFFEE 


FOUNDED  ON  QUALITY 
TO  THE  CONSUMER 


Why  Hesitate 
Satisfaction  Guaranteed 


(iWoolson  ^ptce  Co. 

TOLEDO,  OHIO 


S WILLIAM  TELL  FLOUR 

CHEAPEST  AND  BEST  EOOD.  GOVERNMENT  INVESTIGATIONS  PROVE  IT. 

Total  nutritive  material  in  ten  cents  worth  of  foods: 


FOOD  MATERIALS 

Price 

Ten 

cents 

will 

buy 

§ 

Cts. 

Lbs. 

sr 

3 

Oysters,  33c  per  quart 

18 

.56 

- 

—4 

CD 

Codfish,  fresh  dressed. 

10 

LOO 

Fggs,  24c  per  dozen . . 

16 

.63 

- 

-n 

Beef,  sirloin 

20 

16 

.50 

_ 

o 

Mutton,  leg 

63 

_ 

2. 

Beef  round 

14 

18 

7 

12 

25 

16 

3 

7.5 

.71 

«/>* 

Ham  smoked 

.56 

1.43 

.83 

51 

Codfish,  salted.  — 
Pork  Inin 

— 

CD 

Butter 

.40 

'C 

.63 

____ 

—1 

Milk,  6c  per  quart... 
Cereal  Breakfast  Foods 

CD 

1.3 

o 

Pork,  salt,  fat 

Rice 

12 

8 

1 

.83 

1.25 

2»> 

a. 

Potatoes,  60c  bushel. 

10.00 

s? 

Beans,  white,  dried.. . 

5 

6 

A 

2.00 

Sugar 

Haft  Klaal 

1 .U/ 
O Cfl 

vdl  InCdl  . — - 

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wneai  Hour. . . — . . 

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Above  Chart  prepared  from  bulletin  of  Agricultural  Department 

WILLIAM  TELL  FLOUR  STANDS  THE  GOVERNMENT  TESTS  AND 
HAS  THE  NUTRIMENT.  YOU  "KNEAD”  IT. 

Made  by  The  ANSTED  & BURK  CO. 

SPRINGFIELD,  OHIO. 

Makers  of  Flour  for  Forty  Years. 


Belle  Vernon 

mik 


A PERFECT  MILK 

Undoubtedly  the  Best  Table 
Milk  in  Cleveland 

Over  9000  families  are  now 
being  supplied 

Phones:  East  536— Erie  106 

The 

Belle  Vernon-Mapes 
Dairy  Co. 

5812-14  EUCLID  AVENUE 


OF  LABOR 


23 


T.  W.  ROWE 

Delegate  to  A.  F.  of  L.  Convention 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


The  Northern  Ohio  Traction  and  Light  Co.,  Schedule  of  Limited  Cars 

FROM  AKRON,  CANTON  AND  CLEVELAND— IN  EFFECT  SEPTEMBER  9th,  1908 

(NORTHBOUND  Connections  made  at  Cleveland 

with  the 

Lake  Shore  Electric  Railway  Company 
Cleveland  & South  Western  Ry.  Co. 
Cleveland.  Painesville  & Ashtabula  Ry. 
Eastern  Ohio  Traction  Co. 

Connections  at  Silver  Lake  Jet.  for 

Kent  and  Ravenna 
Connections  at  Akron  for 

Barberton,  Wadsworth,  Canton 
Massillon.  Navarre,  New  Philadelphia, 
Canal  Dover  and  Urichsville, 

Stark  Electric  Ry.  Co.  for  Alliance  and 
Salem. 

SEE  LOCAL  SCHEDULES  FOR  REGULAR  TIME  TABLES 


AM 

AM 

PM 

PM 

PM 

PM 

Canton  Pub.  Sq._  _ 

_Lve. 



8.35 



12.35 

— 

4-35 

Akron  

8.30 

9-30 

12.30 

1.30 

4-30 

5.30 

Cuyahoga  Falls  . 

“ 

8-43 

9.43 

12.43 

1-43 

4-43 

5-43 

Silver  Lake  Junction. 

8.46 

9.46 

12.46 

I.46 

4.46 

546 

Cleveland  Pub.  Sq._ 

_ Arr. 

10. 10 

1 1. 10 

2.10 

3-10 

6.10 

7.10 

SOUTH  BO 

UN  D 

AM 

AM 

AM 

PM 

PM 

PM 

PM 

Cleveland  Pub.  Sq.__Lve. 

7-20 

7o0 

950 

12.50 

1.50 

4-20 

6.50 

Silver  Lake  Junction  “ 

8.44 

9.14 

II. 14 

2.14 

3.14 

5-44 

8.14 

Cuvahoga  Falls 

8-47 

9.17 

II. 17 

2.17 

3.17 

5-47 

8.17 

Akron  _ “ 

o.oo  ar  9.30 

11.30 

2.30 

ar  3-30 

6.ooar».30 

Canton  Pub.  Sq Arr. 

. 10.00 

— 

— 

3.30 

7.00 

-- 

THE 

Cleveland,  Painesville  & Eastern  RailroadCo. 

WILLOUGHBY,  OHIO 


FAST  LIMITED  SERVICE  BETWEEN 


CLEVELAND 

WILLOUGHBY 

MENTOR 


PERRY 

MADISON 

GENEVA 


PAINESVILLE 


ASHTABULA 


PETER  MARTIN,  President  and  General  Manager  GEO.  B.  CHRISTIAN,  Jr.,  Ass’t  General  Manager 

The  Ohio  and  Western  Lime  Company 

MARION,  OHIO 

MANUFACTURERS  OF  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN 

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Lime,  Fertilizer,  Hydrate  Lime,  Crushed 
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The  Northwestern  Ohio  Natural  Gas  Co. 


STAR  IRON  WORKS,  G.  S.  VICARY,  Sole  Prop. 

Manufacturers  of  a Complete  Line  of 

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HON.  JAMES  A.  REYNOLDS 


Testimonial  presented  to  Delegate  James 
A.  Reynolds  by  the  25th  Annual  Convention 
of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor : 

To  our  Brother,  Hon.  James  A.  Reynolds, 
Member  of  the  General  Executive  Board 
of  the  International  Association  of  Ma- 
chinists and  Representative  from  Cuyahoga 
County  to  the  77th  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Ohio : 

It  is  with  the  deepest  sense  of  appreciation 
that  we  address  to  you  this  memorial  record 
of  your  labors  as  a member  of  the  legislative 
body  on  behalf  of  the  working  classes  of  Ohio. 
It  is  largely  to  your  efforts,  indeed,  that  the 
most  worthy  measures  here  noted  are  now 
upon  the  statute  books  of  the  State. 

The  Reynolds  Child  Labor  bill,  which  we 
believe  will  go  down  in  history  as  one  of 
the  best  laws  ever  enacted  to  give  effect  to 
a humane  and  noble  purpose. 

The  bill  to  provide  relief  to  enable  children 
to  attend  school,  which  is  a fit  companion 
measure  to  the  one  just  mentioned. 

The  additional  factory  inspection  bill, 


whereby  the  law  may  be  the  better  enforced. 

A bill  to  compel  street  car  companies  to 
heat  the  vestibules  of  their  cars. 

And  many  others  which  were  passed  by 
reason  of  your  assistance  and  counsel. 

We  cannot  express  too  strongly  our  grati- 
tude that,  at  the  juncture  of  political  affairs 
in  our  State  which  culminated  in  the  election 
of  the  last  Legislature,  there  was  placed  in 
our  law-making  body  one  so  loyal  to  the  cause 
of  labor,  so  untiring  in  effort,  so  wise  in 
counsel,  so  prompt  in  action,  so  respected  in 
character,  so  vigilant  to  protect  our  interests, 
as  yourself. 

On  behalf  of  those  who  placed  you  in  the 
Legislature,  who  watched  with  pleasure  your 
honorable  course  therein,  and  on  behalf  of 
the  men,  women  and  children  of  the  working 
world  who  will  enjoy  the  benign  results  of 
your  labors,  this  convention  of  the  Ohio 
Federation  of  Labor  tenders  its  heartiest 
thanks  and  bids  you  Godspeed  upon  what  we 
believe  will  be  a career  of  still  greater  service 
and  larger  claim  upon  the  gratitude  of  your 
fellowmen. 


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Cfje  CtoentpTtftf)  Annual  Conbentton 

of  tbe 

tyi*  JFeberatton  of  Habor 


Pursuant  to  law  the  regular  meeting  of  the 
twenty-fifth  annual  convention  of  the  Ohio 
Federation  of  Labor  was  called  to  order  at  io 
o’clock  a.  m.,  in  Eagle’s  Hall,  Dayton,  by 
Chairman  Valentine  Kanouse  of  the  local  com- 
mittee on  arrangements. 

MR.  KANOUSE : 

Fellow  Delegates — As  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  arrangements  for  the  convention  of 
the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor,  I wish  to  ex- 
tend to  all  a hearty  welcome  in  behalf  of  the 
arrangement  committee.  We  are  aware  that 
in  the  delegates  coming  to  the  city  of  Dayton, 
they  have  bestowed  upon  the  city  one  of  the 
greatest  favors  that  they  could  give,  and  for 
that  we  feel  quite  honored. 

We  understand  that  there  is  a great  deal 
of  important  business  to  come  before  this  con- 
vention, and  as  the  committee  of  arrangements 
do  not  care  to  take  up  any  more  time  than  is 
absolutely  necessary,  we  will  simply  say  that 
in  our  humble  way  we  shall  try  to  show  that 
we  can  entertain  you  in  some  way  after  ses- 
sions. Further  than  that  I do  not  care  to 
take  any  more  of  your  time,  and  I wish  to 
introduce  to  you  the  largest,  biggest,  little 
man  in  the  city  of  Dayton,  Honorable  Edward 
E.  Burkhardt,  Mayor  of  Dayton.  ( Applause.) 

Address  of  Mayor  Burkhardt. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Gentlemen  of  the  Convention, 

Ladies : 

I desire  to  extend  to  you,  the  members  of 
the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor,  on  behalf  of 
the  citizens  of  the  City  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  a 
very  hearty  welcome  to  our  city.  We  are 
always  glad  to  welcome  a representative  body 
of  men  to  our  representative  city,  and  we  are 
especially  pleased  to  welcome  such  a repre- 
sentative body  of  men  as  I see  before  me  this 
morning. 

Chairman  Kanouse  then  introduced  W.  C. 
Chase,  President  of  the  United  Trades  and 
Labor  Council  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  who  said: 
Mr.  Chairman  and  Brother  Delegates : 

I want  to  say  to  you  that  it  has  been  our 
ambition  ever  since  the  last  convention  in  Co- 


lumbus, to  make  this  a banner  convention  for 
the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor.  The  com- 
mittee has  done  its  duty,  it  has  worked  hard, 
and  we  give  to  you  what  we  have  got  and 
extend  to  you,  on  the  part  of  the  central  body, 
a hearty  welcome  to  our  city.  (Applause.) 

Chairman  Kanouse : The  next  brother 

whom  I hardly  need  to  introduce  to  this  body, 
I think,  and  one  whom  I am  proud  to  have  in 
this  city,  and  one  whom  we  will  all  have  to 
listen  to  for  the  coming  week,  is  the  President 
of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor,  Llewelyn 
Lewis. 

President  Lewis  was  greeted  with  applause 
and  presented  with  a gavel  by  Mr.  Kanouse 
on  behalf  of  the  United  Trades  and  Labor 
Council  of  Dayton. 

President  Lewis : Mr.  Chairman  of  the 

Arrangements  Committee,  Members  of  Trades 
Council,  and  His  Honor  the  Mayor:  On  be- 

half of  the  delegates  to  this  convention  I wish 
to  thank  you  and  I assure  you  that  I accept 
this  gavel  with  the  greatest  appreciation,  and 
hope  that  I will  be  able  to  use  it  with  the  fair- 
ness and  the  firmness  with  which  it  is  made 
bv  Union  Labor.  I assure  you  on  behalf  of 
the  delegates,  we  thank  you  for  your  cordial 
welcome. 

President  Lewis : Is  the  Credentials  Com- 

mittee ready  to  report? 

A delegate : The  Credentials  Committee 

doesn’t  seem  to  be  here. 

President  Lewis : While  we  are  waiting 

for  the  report  of  the  Credentials  Committee, 
we  have  with  us  a delegate  to  the  first  con- 
vention of  the  old  State  Trades  and  Labor 
Assembly,  which  was  the  foundation  of  the 
Ohio  Federation  of  Labor,  and  \ take  pleasure 
in  introducing  to  you  Brother  Joseph  Gallo- 
way, one  of  the  delegates  to  the  first  conven- 
tion of  the  old  State  Trades  and  Labor  As- 
sembly. 

Mr.  Galloway  addressed  the  convention. 

President  Lewis : The  Credentials  Com- 

mittee not  being  ready  to  report,  we  expected 
to  have  with  us  this  morning  President  Samuel 
Gompers,  of  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor,  but  he  is  tired  out  and  wants  to  rest 


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until  this  afternoon,  and  I do  not  see  as  we 
can  do  anything  more  this  morning,  so  a 
motion  to  adjourn  will  be  in  order. 

A motion  to  adjourn  was  made  and 
seconded. 

By  Secretary  Thomas : Before  the  con- 

vention adjourns  I would  like  to  say  that  the 
Secretary  has  had  attendance  cards  printed, 
which  will  be  on  the  table  at  the  entrance. 
Delegates  are  requested,  when  coming  into  the 
convention  this  afternoon,  to  take  one  of  these 
cards,  fill  out  the  name  and  organization,  and 
turn  them  in  to  the  Sergeant-at-Arms.  We 
want  to  have  the  attendance  of  the  delegates 
for  every  day,  and  we  will  not  be  able  to 
organize  until  the  Committee  on  Credentials 
reports.  I want  to  say  that  whilst  the  com- 
mittee is  not  here,  they  have  been  trying  to 
get  their  report  ready  for  you  this  morning, 
and  they  are  not  to  blame  fcr  the  delay,  as 
something  like  a hundred  credentials  have 
come  in  within  the  last  few  hours  this 
morning. 

At  this  point  an  announcement  was  made 
to  the  delegates  that  the  Phillips  House  barber 
shop  is  not  a union  shop. 

Upon  the  motion  to  adjourn  being  carried, 
a recess  was  taken  until  i 130  p.  m. 

President  Lewis  called  the  convention  to 
order  at  1 145  p.  m.  and  presented  President 
Gompers,  of  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor,  who  spoke  as  follows : 

Mr.  President,  Fellow  Citizens  and  Friends: 
It  is  now  some  years  since  I have  had  the 
pleasure  of  being  in  attendance  at  a convention 
of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  and  when 
President  Lewis,  a few  months  ago,  on  behalf 
of  the  State  Federation  of  Labor,  extended 
to  me  an  invitation  to  be  here  today,  I at  once 
made  an  effort  to  ascertain  what  engagements 
I had,  and  was  likely  to  have,  so  that  if  pos- 
sible I might  accept  the  invitation ; and  find- 
ing that  it  was  possible,  I so  stated  to  him, 
and  stated  further,  that  if  through  some  un- 
foreseen circumstance  it  would  be  impossible 
for  me  to  be  here,  I would  see  to  it  that  some 
other  member  of  the  Executive  Council  of 
the  Federation,  or  some  representative  would 
be  here,  and  finding  that  circumstances  did 
permit,  I made  up  my  mind  to  come  here, 
and  I am  here,  even  if  only  to  say  just  Hello 
(Applause)  and  to  extend  to  you  the  fraternal 
greetings  of  the  men  and  women  of  toil 
throughout  our  country. 

I am  sure  you  will  be  glad  to  learn  that, 
notwithstanding  the  very  heavy  obstacles  that 
are  placed  in  our  path,  that  despite  discourag- 
ing conditions,  the  reports  of  the  labor  move- 
ment throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of 


our  country  show  the  same  gains  in  mem- 
bership in  the  organizations  as  I understand 
have  been  shown  in  the  gains  in  membership 
in  the  organizations  in  Ohio,  and  that  have 
been  manifested  in  the  increased  number  of 
organizations  represented  in  the  Ohio  Federa- 
tion of  Labor. 

It  appears  in  our  movement,  exactly  as  in  any 
other  of  the  human  activities,  that  every  attempt 
of  oppression,  every  attempt  of  suppression, 
finds  the  expression  of  determination  in  the  hu- 
man heart  and  in  the  human  mind  to  insist  upon 
the  determination  to  exercise  our  rights,  our 
lawful  rights,  and  our  intelligent  human 
activities.  It  is  your  experience,  as  it  is  the 
experience  of  the  workers  in  every  field  of 
industry,  that  frequently  our  organizations  al- 
most become  indifferent,  by  reason  of  the 
routine  work  they  perform,  and  members  may 
perhaps  not  attend  the  meetings  of  the  organi- 
zation. But  let  some  corporate  power  under- 
take to  strike  at  the  heart  either  of  an  in- 
dividual member  of  the  union,  or  the  existence 
of  the  organization  itself,  then  the  members 
will  rally  to  the  banner  of  Unionism  and  throw 
a cordon  of  strength  and  power  around  the 
individual  member  and  raise  the  banner  of 
organized  effort  aloft,  defying  the  opposition 
of  the  most  powerful.  (Applause.) 

It  was  a true  saying  in  the  early  days  and 
in  the  early  history  of  the  church,  when  men 
and  women  and  children  were  made  to  suffer 
the  torments  of  death,  that  their  blood  meant 
simply  an  inspiration  to  the  people  who  saw 
men  and  women  going  to  their  death  with 
unmoved  hearts,  or  eyes,  or  countenances, 
looking  up  in  hope  and  prayer  for  the  deliver- 
ance of  mankind.  The  blood  of  the  martyrs 
was  the  seed  of  the  church.  And  so  the 
martyrdom  and  suffering  which  some  in  the 
cause  of  labor  must  endure  will,  as  it  has  in 
the  past,  prove  the  seed  for  the  growth  of  the 
power  and  the  triumph  of  the  cause  of  labor. 
(Applause.) 

The  labor  movement  is  primarily  concerned 
in  protecting  and  advancing  the  interests  of 
the  men  and  women  who  toil  and  who  produce 
the  wealth  of  the  world.  It  is  true  that  we  aim 
to  secure  higher  wages  and  shorter  hours  of 
labor,  and  better  conditions  of  employment, 
better  and  brighter  homes,  better  opportuni- 
ties to  take  our  children  from  the  workshops 
and  factories  and  mills  and  mines  and  send 
them  into  the  home,  into  the  schools,  into  the 
playgrounds,  to  imbibe  the  free  air  and  the 
sunshine,  that  they  may  grow  into  the  brighter 
and  better  manhood  and  womanhood  of  the 
future. 


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But  it  is  not  simply  the  material  improve- 
ment to  which  the  workers  devote  themselves, 
it  is  to  the  cause  of  human  justice,  to  the 
cause  of  human  freedom,  to  the  cause  that 
has  struggled  through  the  ages,  and  it  is  upon 
the  shoulders,  as  it  is  the  mission,  of  the 
workers  of  our  country — upon  whom  in  the 
last  analysis  will  depend  the  struggle  to  main- 
tain our  republic — to  perpetuate  freedom  for 
all  time  to  come.  (Applause.) 

The  men  of  means,  the  millionaires,  the  men 
of  wealth,  are  free  the  world  over,  wherever 
they  are  or  wherever  they  may  go ; and  this 
is  as  true  of  the  tyrannical  empire  and  czardom 
of  Russia,  or  Turkey,  Germany,  Ireland,  Eng- 
land, as  it  is  in  the  Republic  of  the  United 
States.  The  men  of  wealth,  the  men  of  means, 
are  free  the  world  over.  It  is  the  men  of  toil 
in  every  country  on  the  face  of  the  globe 
who  must  contend  and  some  times  fight,  for 
freedom.  (Applause.)  Our  men  of  wealth, 
our  multi-millionaires,  who  sometimes  pay  a 
visit  to  the  Republic  of  the  United  States 
(Applause)  and  usually  spend  their  time 
among  royalty,  among  kings  and  sultans  and 
czars  and  barons,  love  these  people  so  much 
that  they  are  willing  to  trade  off  their  daugh- 
ters, with  millions,  for  the  title  of  some  count 
or  no  account,  or  duke  (Applause).  You  can 
imagine  that,  if  they  are  willing  to  spend  so 
much  money  in  order  that  they  may  have  a 
worn  out  nobleman,  with  a second-hand  title, 
and  pay  millions  for  it,  how  much  more  they 
would  be  willing  if  they  themselves  could  have 
a monarchy  right  here  in  the  United  States 
and  have  titles  for  themselves.  (Applause.) 
But  whether  title  or  no  title  is  less  important 
than,  even  if  titles  do  not  exist  among  us, 
whether  the  voice  and  the  rights  and  the  power 
of  wealth  and  privilege  shall  dominate  as 
against  the  common  people  of  our  country. 
The  question  is,  after  all,  for  the  men  of  labor 
and  the  women  of  toil — we  do  not  want  to 
tear  down  anything,  we  do  not  want  to  destroy 
anything,  but  we  believe  in  going  down  deep 
into  the  abyss  of  misery  and  despair  and  to 
help  up  those,  the  great  number,  of  our  sub- 
merged brothers  and  sisters.  We  do  not  want 
to  tear  down,  we  do  not  want  to  de- 
story. Our  mission  is  constructive,  not 
destructive.  But  we  believe  that  man  should 
be  considered  above  the  dollar.  (Applause.) 
That  though  the  dollar  is  essential,  that  you 
cannot — and  we  protest,  and  will  continue  to 
protest,  against  any  consideration  or  any  action 
based  upon  the  idea  that  you  can  weigh  the 
side  of  a hog  or  a bushel  of  coal  upon  the 
same  scales  that  you  can  weigh  human  hearts 


and  human  minds  and  human  lives.  (Ap- 
plause.) 

I find  really  that  I am  about  to  make  a speech, 
rr  am  now  ready  to  make  a speech,  when  I 
really  came  here  to  no  than  just  extend  you 
a fraternal  greeting.  You  observe  that  there 
is  some  evidence  of  wear  in  my  voice.  I shall 
speak  at  a mass  meeting  arranged  for  this 
evening,  and  I will  be  heard  tonight  if  I live — 
(Voice,  “We  hope  so.”)  I ask  that  I may 
have  the  honor  and  the  privilege  of  addressing 
at  that  meeting  the  delegates  to  this  conven- 
tion. (Applause.)  There  are  matters  that  I 
want  to  discuss  there  which  neither  time  nor 
opportunity  will  admit  of  discussing  at  this 
time.  And  1 do  not  want  to  repeat  tonight 
anything  which  I may  have  to  say  here  today, 
nor  to  anticipate  here  what  I ought  to  say  at 
a public  meeting.  This  I do  want  to  say — I 
may  enlarge  upon  the  thought  tonight — it  is 
that  at  every  instance  in  the  history,  and  the 
struggles  and  the  trials  and  travail  of  labor, 
whenever  there  has  been  a critical  time  in  its 
history,  some  effort  has  been  made  to  throw 
odium  upon  the  men  who  are  active  in  the 
work,  on  behalf  of  the  toilers  of  the  time. 
(Applause.)  I want  you  to  understand  that 
it  always  has  been  the  policy — rather  it  has 
been  the  tactics — of  men  engaged  in  battle  to 
try  to  divide  the  enemy,  to  try  to  divide  the 
opposing  force,  and  then,  when  they  are 
divided,  each  division  becomes  an  easy  prey 
to  the  conquering  army.  (Applause.)  Bear 
in  mind  that  it  has  always  been  recognized 
that  a house  divided  cannot  stand.  The  old 
maxim  of  “United  we  stand,  divided  we  fall,” 
is  as  true  in  the  labor  movement  today  as  it 
ever  was  in  any  other  cause.  (Applause.) 
I remember  reading  of  the  errand  that  gladia- 
tor of  Rome  sent  his  brother,  and  warned  his 
impetuous  brother,  “Be  careful  against  en- 
gaging in  any  dispute  with  our  enemy  at  this 
time ; come  back  to  me  with  your  Spartan 
band  complete  and  having  engaged  in  no  con- 
test, despite  any  provocation.”  I remember, 
too,  that  the  brother  returned  to  the  gladiator 
with  the  report  tha  he  had  been  provoked  into 
battle,  and  did  battle,  and  that  his  men  had 
been  crucified  along  the  streets  of  Rome,  and 
that  there  was  none  but  he  to  tell  the  tale 
I say  to  you  men  of  labor — men  and  women 
of  toil,  see  to  it  that  you  stand  for  the  union 
— for  the  trade  union  movement,  for  your 
organization,  for  your  International  Union,  for 
your  State  Federation  of  Labor,  for  the  great 
cause  of  labor  and  humanity  as  represented  by 
the  greatest  federation  that  has  ever  yet  ex- 
isted in  the  history  of  the  world,  the  American 
Federaticn  of  Labor.  Its  banner  shall  be  held 


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aloft,  no  matter  what  may  come.  Long  live 
the  American  labor  movement.  (Great  ap- 
plause.) And  you  and  I,  who  have  fought, 
figuratively  speaking,  side  by  side  in  the  great 
battles,  whether  it  be  that  Frank  Morrison, 
John  Mitchell  and  myself  may  be  sent  to  jail  for 
expressing  our  views,  for  standing  up  for 
your  rights — whether  we  be  permitted  to  con- 
tinue or  not — one  thing  you  may  rest  assured 
of,  that  now,  tomorrow,  next  week,  next  month, 
next  year,  or  so  long  as  God  shall  give  me 
light  and  life  and  sanity,  I propose  never  to 
yield  the  right  of  free  speech  or  freedom  of 
the  press — (Applause)  the  freedom  to  speak 
that  which  is  in  our  mind,  the  freedom  to 
write  and  to  print,  was  not  given  to  us,  was 
not  given  to  man,  by  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States.  That  is  pre-eminently  the  fixed 
law  of  human  expression.  In  so  far  we  are 
differentiated  from  the  dumb  brute.  Man 
expresses  to  his  fellow  man  the  thoughts  that 
are  in  his  mind,  the  principles  which  beat  in 
his  heart  and  which  burst  to  his  tongue  to 
find  expression,  conveyance  to  the  minds  and 
hearts  of  others.  The  Constitution  of  the 
United  States,  when  our  fathers  framed  it, 
failed  to  adopt  a provision  guaranteeing  these 
rights,  but  when  the  Constitution  was  under 
amendment,  the  first  amendment  adopted  to 
the  Constitution  was  the  right  of  freedom  of 
speech,  freedom  of  assemblage,  freedom  of 
the  press ; and  why  ? Why?  Because  they 
realized  that  under  the  authority  of  the  British 
government,  dominating  the  affairs  of  the 
colonies  of  America,  the  king  and  his  minions 
undertook  to  interfere  with  the  rights  of  free- 
dom of  worship,  the  freedom  of  the  press,  the 
freedom  of  speech,  and  the  freedom  of  as- 
semblage, and  our  fathers  adopted  an  amend- 
ment to  the  Constitution  which  even  denied 
to  Congress  the  right  to  pass  any  law  abridg- 
ing or  denying  or  invading  the  right  to  free- 
dom of  assemblage,  freedom  of  the  press,  or 
freedom  of  speech.  Why?  So  that  men 
might  say  nice  things  of  each  other?  So  that 
people  might  say:  “Long  live  the  King!” 

ar  “Long  live  the  Republic  of  the  United 
States !”  or  “Long  live  the  President  of  the 
United  States  !”  No.  No.  People  do  not  need  a 
guaranty  to  secure  them  the  right  to  say  those 
things.  You  can  say  those  things  in  any  part 
of  the  country,  in  any  part  of  the  world. 

The  constitutional  guaranty  of  free  speech 
and  a free  press  was  to  guarantee  the  men 
and  women  the  right  to  say  the  thing  which 
displease.  (Applause.)  The  right  to  say  the 
things  which  displease ; otherwise  we  would 
not  want  a guaranty  of  anything  of  that 
character.  It  is  the  right  to  say  the  things 


which  displease,  either  of  constituted  author- 
ity or  of  persons  who  may  be  affected ; and 
we  say  if  any  man  shall  so  far  trans- 
gress the  freedom  of  speech  or  the 
freedom  of  the  press  that  it  is  libelous  or 
seditious,  then  there  is  law  to  punish  the 
offender ; but  the  denial  of  the  freedom  of 
speech  must  not  be  tolerated  against  the  people 
of  our  country.  (Applause.)  Much  of  the 
success  as  to  whether  that  principle  shall  be 
maintained,  whether  our  organized  existence 
as  a legal  body  shall  be  secured,  much  of  our 
right  to  secure  equality  before  the  law  of  the 
working  people  with  every  other  citizen  of 
our  country,  depends  upon  the  rightful  con- 
duct of  the  men  and  women  of  toil  now,  not 
some  other  time,  but  now  and  in  this  critical 
hour.  (Applause.)  That  is  the  second  time 
that  I am  thinking  of  the  fact  that  I am — 
(Voices:  “Go  on;  you  can’t  tire  us  out.”) 

I thank  you  for  your  suggestions  for  me 
to  go  on,  but  I am  sure  that  if  I go  on  I 
shall  simply  make  the  speech  that  I want  to 
make  tonight.  (Laughter  and  applause). 
(Voice:  “We  can  hear  it  twice.”) 

No,  I better  not.  There  are  numberless 
questions  to  which  I can  address  myself,  but 
I might  anticipate  the  talk  I want  to  make  to- 
night, because  that  is  just  immediately  press- 
ing upon  my  mind  for  expression,  and  that  is 
what  I want  to  avoid  now. 

In  conclusion  I simply  want  to  say  that  I 
thank  the  Ohio  State  Federation  of  Labor 
and  I thank  President  Lewis  for  the  courteous 
invitation  to  attend  this  meeting,  and  I feel 
myself  that  1 should  come  here.  1 want  to 
thank  you  for  so  patiently  listening  to  what  I 
have  had  to  say,  and  for  your  manifestations 
of  regard  and  fraternal  greetings ; and  I trust 
that  this  movement  of  the  Ohio  Federation  of 
Labor,  that  this  trade-union  movement  which 
you  represent  in  this  great  State,  that  this 
great  labor  movement  of  our  country,  which 
embodies  all  the  scars  and  struggles  and  bit- 
terness of  the  past,  and  all  the  hopes  and 
aspirations  for  justice  and  humanity  in  the 
present — that  you  may  take  up  the  work  with 
more  earnest  zeal  than  ever  before  and  carry 
on  the  work  to  its  logical  conclusion,  until 
indeed  man  to  his  fellow-man  shall  a “brother 
be  for  a’  that ;”  in  spite  of  all  opposition,  in 
spite  of  all  antagonism ; and  to  see  to  it  that 
we  shall  spread  the  light  and  the  gospel  among 
the  human  family,  which  is  the  highest  and 
noblest  work  that  has  ever  been  committed 
to  the  hands  of  men  and  women  in  any  time 
in  the  history  of  all  the  peoples  of  all  times. 
And  in  that  hope,  with  all  the  inspiration  that 
I can  instil  into  your  hearts  and  minds,  let  us 


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see  to  it  that  we  are  true  to  ourselves  and 
true  to  each  other,  true  to  the  cause  and  true 
to  the  banner  of  he  toilers  of  our  country. 
(Great  applause.) 

Delegate  Breidenbach  proposed  that  three 
cheers  be  given  for  President  Gompers  and 
the  American  Federation  of  Labor  and  they 
were  given  with  a vim,  the  delegates  standing. 

Motion  by  Delegate  Chase  that  we  extend 
a vote  of  thanks  to  President  Gompers  for  his 
speech  to  the  convention.  Adopted  by  rising 
vote. 

Chairman  V.  Kanouse,  Committee  on  Ar- 
rangements, announced  that  reserved  seats 
were  provided  for  the  delegates  for  President 
Gompers’  meeting  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Audi- 
torium tonight,  but  that  it  would  be  necessary 
for  all  delegates  to  be  in  their  seats  by  8 :oo 
p.  m.,  as  the  auditorium  was  small. 

Credentials  Report. 

Chairman  E.  P.  Hawley  submitted  the  fol- 
lowing partial  report  for  Committee  on  Cre- 
dentials, and  the  Secretary  read  the  list  of 
delegates  with  votes  they  were  entitled  to : 

Roll  Call  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor. 

Barbers’  Union. 

Votes 


William  L.  Hubbell,  No.  129,  Cleveland.  . . 3 

M.  V.  Conkle,  No.  343,  East  Liverpool.  ...  1 

J.  H.  Sharrett,  No.  114,  Newark 1 

P.  J.  Doll,  No.  5,  Toledo 2 

L.  Siebert,  No.  70,  Middletown 1 

John  L.  Bauer,  No.  329,  Canton 1 

Boot  and  Shoe  Workers. 

W.  Tateman,  No.  68,  Cincinnati 3 

R.  Bustrum,  No.  139,  Springfield 1 

W.  T.  Jack,  No.  210,  Cincinnati 3 

Brewery  Workers. 

M.  Behrer,  No.  50,  Dayton 1 

Chas.  Riegler,  No.  179,  Akron 1 

Albert  G.  Erbe,  No.  83,  Hamilton 1 

Chas.  Stalf,  No.  175,  Cincinnati 2P2 

Wm.  Miller,  No.  175,  Cincinnati 2^ 

Michael  Braun,  No.  47,  Columbus 1 

J.  N.  Meier,  No.  257,  Toledo 1 

P.  Northrup,  No.  87,  Toledo 1 

A.  Hirzel,  No.  60,  Toledo 1 

Jos.  Lienhart,  No.  199,  Cincinnati 1 

C.  Kicherer,  No.  199,  Cincinnati 1 

C.  P.  Prehm,  No.  147,  Columbus 1 

F.  Verheyen,  No.  162,  Newark 1 

Chas.  Tracy,  No.  204,  Youngstown 1 

A.  Kummer,  No.  12,  Cincinnati 1 

Louis  Kemper  1 

A.  Colnot,  No.  12,  Cincinnati 2 

Wm.  Dietrich,  No.  12,  Cincinnati 1 

Geo.  Pegler,  No.  91,  Cleveland 2 


Geo.  Pegler,  No.  164,  Cleveland 

Peter  Janel,  No.  17,  Cleveland 

W.  G.  Lehnis,  No.  146,  Canton 

Louis  Lavor,  No.  45,  Springfield 

Wm.  Steinback,  No.  192,  Dayton 

George  Peffler,  No.  202,  Columbus 

Bridge  and  Structural  Iron  Workers. 

P.  J.  Smith,  No.  17,  Cleveland 

Bakery  and  Confectionery  Workers. 
Robt.  D.  Lensch,  No.  51,  Dayton 

Bartenders’  Union. 

Michael  Goldsmith,  No.  108,  C e /eland.  . . 

Chas.  Bente,  No.  68,  Cincinnati 

W.  Eggleston,  No.  202,  Canton 

S.  W.  Click,  No.  222,  Dayton 

John  J.  Graney,  212,  Youngstown 

Cigarmakers’  Union. 

Wm.  Sclmeberger,  No.  35,  Dayton 

August  Spritsky,  No.  4,  Cincinnati 

Jacob  Spilker,  No.  17,  Cleveland 

John  Elsperman,  No.  48,  Toledo 

Central  Bodies. 

Thomas  Wilkinson,  East  Liverpool 

Andrew  Crunelle,  Bridgeport 

L.  C.  Van  Ness,  Akron 

T.  Rumsey,  Toledo 

E.  P.  Hawley,  Columbus 

W.  O.  Chace,  Dayton 

Thos.  Nicho’s,  Alliance 

C.  J.  Smally,  Canton 

C.  Highfield,  Zanesville 

J.  E.  Martin,  Steubenville 

Albert  E.  Pitt,  Cambridge 

F.  Relsher,  Newark 

H.  H.  Morley,  Springfield 

Jas.  Wood,  Cincinnati 

J.  F.  Mayer,  Hamilton 

E.  A.  Cooper,  Portsmouth 

H.  D.  Thomas,  Cleveland 

W.  A.  Athy,  Piqua 

C.  W.  Greer,  Middletown 

Pat  Wickham,  Nelsonvi'le 

E.  A.  Todd,  Fremont 

Coopers’  Union. 

S.  S.  Bennett,  No.  71,  East  Liverpool 

T.  J.  McManus,  No.  59,  Cincinnati 

Clothing  Cutters. 

Maier  Schwartz,  No.  100,  Cincinnati 

Cooks’  Union. 

E.  McEachern,  No.  167,  Cleveland 

Kitty  Hogan,  No.  290,  Cleveland 

Carpenters’  U.  B. 

Val.  Dooley,  No.  104,  Dayton 

C.  E.  Bowersox,  No.  104.,  Dayton 

E.  W.  Messick,  No.  245,  Cambridge 


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M.  C.  Bucey,  No.  186,  Steubenville I 

W.  B.  Austin,  No.  1023,  Alliance 1 

Robt.  Roberts,  No.  437,  Portsmouth 1 

August  Smith,  No.  25,  Toledo 2 

T.  W.  Murlin,  No.  1908,  Piqua 1 

Electrical  Workers. 

L.  W.  Geib,  No.  39,  Cleveland 2 

Flint  Glass  Workers. 

Arthur  Gilles,  No.  15,  Harpers  Ferry 1 

T.  W.  Rowe,  No.  81,  Toledo il/> 

F.  S.  Schoen,  No.  81,  Toledo iy2 

T.  Powers,  No.  34,  Bellaire 1 

J.  P.  Flynn,  No.  8,  Steubenville 2 

Geo.  H.  Gebhard,  No.  31,  Fostoria 2 

Elmer  Jackson,  No.  53,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.  1 

Fred  Edwards,  No.  74,  Cambridge 1 

John  J.  Buckley,  No.  28,  Toledo 1 

F.  C.  Hackett,  No.  13,  Bellaire 1 

Granite  Cutters. 

E.  A.  Todd,  Clyde 1 

Glass  Bottle  Blowers. 

John  T.  Gow,  No.  17,  Massillon 1 

Jud.  Bingham,  No.  24,  Newark 2 

J.  A.  Voll,  20,  Zanesville 1 

J.  Allum,  No.  73,  Bellaire 1 

A.  Muhleman,  No.  49,  Cincinnati 1 

Geo.  F.  Miles,  No.  106,  Columbus 1 

A.  J.  Holt,  No.  27,  Reading 1 

Garment  Workers. 

May  Schoen,  No.  38,  Dayton 1 

Horseshoers’  Union. 

Hubert  S.  Marshall,  No.  12,  Cincinnati.  . . 1 

Iron  and  Steel  Workers. 

Stephen  Lewis,  No.  34,  Martin’s  Ferry.  . . 2 

Chas.  W.  Greer,  No.  20,  Middletown 1 

Thos.  Craig,  No.  25,  Piqua 1 

Wm.  Mitchell,  No.  6,  Cleveland 1 

J.  Herbert,  No.  2,  Cleveland.  1 

Llewelyn  Lewis,  No.  56,  Martin’s  Ferry.  . 3 

Samuel  Williams,  No.  14,  Youngstown.  . . 2 

Isaac  Byrum,  No.  32,  Canton 1 

Frank  Dennison,  No.  50,  Columbus 1 


Molders’  Unions. 

J.  P.  McDonough,  No.  143,  Mt.  Vernon.  . 1 

Mine  Workers. 


Frank  Doerr,  No.  212,  Buchtel 5 

I.  W.  France,  Blatchford 2 

A.  C.  Smith,  Byesville 5 

A.  C.  Smith,  Pleasant  City o 

A.  V.  Smith,  Butchel 3 

A.  V.  Smith,  Buchtel o 

Pat  Wickham,  Hocking 3 

R.  M.  Mason,  Athens 3 

Wm.  Linn,  Munday 3 

Wm.  Harris,  Martin’s  Ferry 2 


Tony  Rocco,  Fairpoint 5 

Tony  Rocco,  Liberty o 

Jno.  Dobrasky,  St.  Clairville 2 

Henry  Noel,  St.  Clairville 2 

Edmund  Thomas,  No.  1232,  Redfield 1 

E.  Thomas,  No.  319,  Saltillo o 

Edmund  Thomas,  Redfield o 

B.  F.  Sturgill,  No.  417,  Carbondale 2 

O.  Bucy,  No.  1245,  Dillonvale 3 

J.  A.  Norris,  No.  44,  Glencoe 2 

V.  Risdon,  No.  284,  Martin’s  Ferry 3 

J.  Harper,  No.  292,  Maynard 5 

Andrew  Moore,  Santoy 5 

Andrew  Moore,  Santoy o 

R.  C.  Edwards,  Corning 5 

R.  C.  Edwards,  Rendville o 

Lee  Rankin,  Dillonvale 5 

Lee  Rankin,  Connorsville o 

John  Schwartz,  Floodwood 5 

John  Schwartz,  Buchtel o 

D.  S.  Richards,  Pine  Run 2 

D.  S.  Richards,  Shawnee 3 

J.  W.  Goldsmith,  Klee 1 

Ebenezer  Jones,  Bradley 5 

Ebenezer  Jones,  W.  Wheeling o 

T.  W.  Ashton,  Dunglen 4 

Matt  Armitage,  Rush  Run 2 

Matt  Armitage,  Herrick 2 

Wm.  Linn,  Buchtel 2 

M.  Morgan,  Robins 2 

James  Allen,  Doanville 2 

John  Trott,  Byesville 

John  Moore,  New  Straitsville 

W.  G.  Richards,  Carbon  Hill 3 

W.  G.  Richards,  Carbon  Hill 2 

Machinists’  Union. 

Jas.  Reyno’ds,  No.  83,  Cleveland 3 

John  J.  O’Neal,  No.  608,  Dayton 1 

W.  Ruggles,  No.  532,  Cleveland j 

Irvin  J.  Wirth,  No.  200,  Youngstown 2 

Val.  Kanouse,  No.  730,  Dayton 1 

T..  Anderson,  No.  225,  Dayton 1 

J.  Doyle,  No.  162,  Cincinnati 1 

Louis  Hager,  No.  716,  Dayton 1 

H.  E.  Schilling,  No.  376,  Cincinnati 1 

J.  D.  Buckalew,  No.  85,  Cincinnati 1 

Metal  Polishers’  Union. 

Henry  Lensch,  No.  2,  Toledo 1 

C.  Rother,  No.  48,  Middletown 1 

Jas.  H.  McGreevy,  No.  68,  Cincinnati.  ...  1 

G.  Dennee,  No.  5,  Dayton 1 

Musicians’  Union. 

J.  Moore,  No.  418,  New  Lexington 3 

J.  B.  Brown,  No.  248,  Nelsonville 1 

Potters’  N.  B. 

Harry  Lowe,  No.  31,  E.  Palestine 2 

T.  M.  Woods,  No.  4,  E.  Liverpool 3 


tO  Oi 


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The  MoslerSafe  Co. 

SOLE  OWNERS  OF 

MOSLER  AND 
CORLISS  PATENTS 

Plans,  Specifications  and  Estimates 
Furnished  on  all  kinds  of  Bank, 
Vault  and  Safety  Deposit 
Work,  and  Fire  and 
Burglar  Proof 
Safes,  etc. 

Contractors  to  the  United  States  Government 
Contractors  to  the  Mexican  Government 

Mosler  Patent  Safes  in  General  Use  all  over  the  World 

HAMILTON,  OHIO 


S.  W.  Flower  S9  Co. 


WHOLESALE 


Field  Seed  Merchants 


802  Lafayette  St.  Toledo,  Ohio 


The  Best  Paving  Block  Made 


SIX  MODERN  FACTORIES 
DAILY  CAPACITY 


500,000 

The  Metropolitan  Paving  Brick  Co. 

CANTON,  OHIO 


The  Joseph  & Feiss  Co. 

MAKERS  OF 

Clottjcraft 

CLOTHES 

CLEVELAND,  OHIO 


COMPLIMENTS  OF 

The  Lenk  Wine  Co. 

Toledo,  Ohio 


OF  LABOR 


39 


Printing  Pressmen. 

David  Bartlett,  No.  54,  Dayton 1 

Patternmakers’  Union. 

A.  T.  Haines,  No.  36,  Dayton 1 

Painters’  Union. 

C.  A.  Miller,  No.  240,  Lorain 1 

E.  Breidenbach,  No.  249,  Dayton 1 

Edw.  Ball,  No.  7,  Toledo 2 

J.  A.  Robinson,  No.  206,  Canton 1 

Journeymen  Plumbers  and  Gas  Fitters. 

W.  C.  Groeniger,  No.  162,  Dayton 1 

Wm.  Lynn,  No.  59,  Cincinnati 2 

Retail  Clerks’  Union. 

F.  W.  Hecht,  No.  163,  Dayton 1 

L.  C.  Van  Ness,  No.  100,  Akron 1 

F.  Sanders,  No.  128,  Toledo 1 

F.  Starcher,  No.  913,  Logan 1 

Street  Railway  Employes. 

W.  A.  Lamb,  No.  272,  Youngstown 1 

T.  F.  Bannon,  No.  272,  Youngstown 1 

A.  Jackman,  No.  285,  Steubenville 1 

C.  A.  Allison,  No.  52,  East  Liverpool 1 

F.  R.  Getz,  No.  114,  Youngstown 1 

F.  A.  Lott,  No.  379,  Niles 1 

Steam  Engineers. 

T.  H.  Wilkinson,  No.  169,  East  Liverpool  1 
J.  C.  Dunaway,  No.  172,  Martin’s  Ferry.  . 1 

F.  J.  Atkinson,  No.  10,  Toledo 1 

O.  M.  Patterson,  No.  141,  Canton 1 

Chas.  Wirmel,  No.  18,  Cincinnati 4 

S.  Bruner,  No.  91,  Hamilton 1 

W.  Ackers,  No.  81,  Cleveland 1 

M.  Lambur,  No.  81,  Cleveland 1 

C.  Bright,  No.  114,  Cincinnati 1 

Stove  Mounters. 

F.  Grimshaw,  No.  23,  Piqua 1 

Stage  Employes. 


Edward  J.  Lynch,  No.  34,  Springfield ....  1 


Stationary  Firemen. 

T.  C.  Dequasie,  No.  87,  Akron 1 

E.  Sauer,  No.  98,  Hamilton 1 

L.  Biecker,  No.  49,  Cincinnati 2 

L.  Biecker,  No.  2,  Toledo 1 

L.  Biecker,  No.  128,  Columbus 1 

Teamsters’  Unions. 

G.  R.  Richardson,  No.  52,  Dayton 1 

Tin  Plate  Workers. 

H.  Curry,  No.  44,  Steubenville 1 

A.  J.  Crouse,  No.  12,  Martin’s  Ferry 1 

Typographical  Unions. 

E.  L.  Hitchens,  No.  3,  Cincinnati 5 

F.  J.  Ballard,  No.  219,  Canton 1 


D.  McAleese,  No.  63,  Toledo 2 

J.  Walker,  No.  5 7,  Dayton 1 

J.  F.  Morehouse,  No.  117,  Springfield.  ...  1 

M.  S.  Hayes,  No.  53,  Cleveland 5 

Tailors’  Union. 

E.  J.  Brais,  No.  162,  Cleveland 2 

Woodworkers’  Union. 

W.  Hoffman,  No.  36,  Dayton 1 

Frank  Inwalle,  No.  212,  Cincinnati 1 

C.  W.  Hoffman,  No.  158,  Cincinnati 1 

Wm.  Blum,  No.  89,  Cincinnati 2 

Waiters’  Union. 

T.  Farrell,  No.  106,  Cleveland 3 

W.  Arthur  Booth,  No.  299,  Toledo 1 

Women’s  Union  Label  League. 

Margaret  Edwards  Grout,  Cincinnati 1 

Total  votes 351 


Moved  and  seconded  that  report  be  accepted 
and  delegates  on  which  there  were  no  contests 
seated,  and  that  complaints  made  bv  delegates 
that  they  were  either  not  reported  or  did  not 
get  sufficient  votes,  be  referred  back  to  the 
Credential  Committee  for  correction. 

Adopted. 

President  Lewis  appointed  the  following 
Committee  on  Rules:  James  A.  Reynolds, 

Frank  Dennison,  Alfred  Hirzel,  and  an- 
nounced the  appointment  of  Delegate  A.  J. 
Smith  of  Carpenters  No.  25,  of  Toledo,  as 
assistant  secretary  of  the  convention. 

Chairman  Reynolds,  of  the  Committee  on 
Rules,  submitted  report  as  follows: 

Rules  of  Order. 

1.  The  Federation  shall  meet  at  9 a.  m. 
and  continue  in  session  until  12  m.  and  from 
2 p.  m.  until  5 p.  m. 

2.  No  delegate  shall  be  allowed  to  speak 
more  than  twice  on  the  same  question  unless 
by  common  consent  from  the  Federation  and 
but  five  minutes  the  first  time  and  two  minutes 
the  second  time. 

3.  Every  degeate,  if  requested,  shall  vote 
on  the  question  before  the  Federation  unless 
excused  for  special  reasons  satisfactory  to  the 
majority. 

4.  All  resolutions  shall  be  presented  in 
writing  in  duplicate. 

5.  All  documents  shall  be  read  by  the  read- 
ing clerk,  the  chair  shall  then  assign  them  to 
the  proper  committees  without  discussion. 

6.  Petitions  and  motions  if  required  shall 
be  presented  to  the  house  in  writing. 

7.  The  President  shall  appoint  all  com- 
mittees unless  otherwise  provided  for. 


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T H E 


Lake  Shore  Banking 
and  Trust  Company 


§it.  Sharps  MJfteel  & ^pobe  Co. 

CONSOLIDATED  WITH 

Crane  & 9?ac99aj)on,  line. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

Vehicle  Wheels  Wheel  Material 
Carriage  Woodstock 
Hardwood  Lumber 

NEW  YOR™CE  STREET  2Dl)t0 

LONDON,  NO.  5 LLOYD  AVE.  E.  C.  2k  §.  a. 

CABLE  ADDRESS  INVENTION’ * NEW  YORK 
A.B.C.  4TH  & 5TH  EDITIONS  AND  PRIVATE  CODE 


S a vin^s  and 
General  Banking* 

Real  Estate  and 
Collateral  Loans 

Depository  of  State  of  Ohio 
and  City  of  Cleveland 


Jno.  M.  Gundry 
Harley  B.  Gibbs  ) 
H.  W.  King  \ 
J.  Horace  Jones 
Walter  S.  Bowler 
L.  C.  Kollie 
Geo.  F.  Schulze 


President 
Vice  Presidents 

Treas.  and  Cashier 
Sec’y  and  Cashier 

Ass’t  Cashiers 


J.  A.  Dziengielewski  Mgr.  For.  Dept. 


E S T A B L 


SHED 


8 9 0 


35th  Street  Superior  Ave.  Huron  Road 
and  and  and 

St.  Clair  Ave.  Addison  Road  Prospect  Ave. 


OLD  STILL 

BOURBON 

Bottled  in  Bond 

C.  SANDHEGER 

123  E.  Court  St.  Cincinnati,  O. 


RUSH  OF  BUYERS  TO  SECURE  PIANOS 

The  American  Piano  Co.’s  large  stock  going  from  M to  XA 
off.  Every  piano  must  be  sold.  Come  at  once.  Do  not 
delay.  In  order  to  give  all  the  chance  to  purchase, 
extremely  easy  terms  will  be  allowed.  Great  range  of 
prices.  Best  known  makes. 

The  news  of  the  consolidation  of  the  firms  of  Wm.  Knabe  & Co. 
Chickering  & Sons.  Haines  Bros.,  Foster  & Co.,  Marshall  & Wen- 
dell, Am  strong,  Brewster,  and  other  piano  factories,  into  what 
is  known  as  the  American  Piano  Co.,  SI -.000,000,00  capital,  together 
with  the  enormous  cut  of  from  & to  % off  on  discontinued  styles, 
has  created  unusual  excitement  among  piano  buyers. 

The  Finest  Pianos  in  the  World  are  Offered  the  Public. 

Pianos  t— at  have  always  borne  an  unsullied  reputation.  New 
Uprights— fine  pianos,  regular  prices  S250,  now  going  from  $137 
to  $195.  $350  pianos,  now  $187  to  $245  $400  pianos  in  fancy  cases, 

in  all  woods,  now  only  $280  to  $295.  Great  Bargains  in  Used 
Pianos  Included.  In  this  sale  are  some  serviceable  pianos  that 
have  been  used,  that  will  be  sold  for  $100,  $125,  $15S  and  upward. 

A good  opportunity  to  start  your  children  on  their  musical  edu- 
cation Terms  as  low  as  $10  cash  and  $5  monthly  on  some  of  these 
instruments.  Out  of  Town  Buyers.  We  are  shipping  pianos 
to  various  parts  of  the  U.  S.  Your  not  being  in  the  city  is  no  bar 
to  your  taking  advantage  of  this  sale.  We  will  send  you  full  des- 
cription and  ship  pianos  subject  to  your  inspection  1 we  assuming 
all  risk).  A 2c  Stamp  will  Save  You  from  $ 1 00  to  $ 1 50. 


Only 

the  Rich 

Can 

Afford 

Poor 

Paint 


All  Lead  packed  in  1 9 7 
bears  this  mark 


If  it  is  desirable  to  cut  the  painting 
bill  down  to  the  lowest  possible 
amount  per  year,  the  paint  must 
be  made  of  the  purest  White  Lead 
and  best  Linseed  Oil. 

We  guarantee  our  White  Lead  to 
be  absolutely  pure,  and  the  Dutch 
Boy  on  the  side  of  the  keg  is  your 
safeguard — Look  for  him . 

Send  for  Hook 
*‘A  Talk  on  Paints” 

National  Lead  Co. 

Cleveland  Cincinnati 


THE  SMITH  & NIXON  PIANO  CO.  10-12  E.  Fourth  St. 


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41 


8.  Roberts’  Rules  of  Order  shall  be  the 
guide  of  the  Federation  where  not  otherwise 
provided  for. 

Moved  and  seconded  that  report  be  ac- 
cepted. 

Adopted. 

President  Lewis  called  for  the  election  of 
Auditing  Committee  of  five  and  the  following 
were  nominated:  James  A.  Robinson,  James 

A.  Reynolds,  Chas.  Wirmel,  Tom  McManus, 
Thos.  W.  Murlin,  H.  Spritzky,  D.  Goldsmith 
and  Chas.  Stalf.  Delegates  Reynolds,  Wir- 
mel and  Stalf  declined  and  on  motion  duly 
seconded,  Secretary  was  instructed  to  cast 
the  unanimous  ballot  for  James  A.  Robinson, 
Tom  McManus,  Thos.  W.  Murlin,  H.  Spitzky 
and  Charles  Stalf,  and  they  were  duly  declared 
elected. 

President  Lewis  appointed  the  following 
committees : 

Committee  on  Constitution — P.  J.  Doll,  H. 
H.  Morley,  John  Herbert,  Wm.  Hoffman,  W. 
A.  Athey. 

Committee  on  Organization — Chairman 

Hubert  S.  Marshall,  Frank  Lott,  L.  Biecker, 
Frank  Atkinson,  Andrew  Crunelle. 

Committee  on  Officers’  Reports — Chairman, 
Frank  Sanders,  Lee  Rankin,  Secretary,  John 
Moore. 

Committee  on  Resolutions — Chairman,  J. 
C.  Dunaway ; Secretary,  Ralph  Mason ; C.  W. 
Highfield,  Wm.  Tateman,  A.  E.  Pitt. 

Committee  on  Grievance — Chairman,  Art 
Smith ; Irvin  Wirth,  T.  M.  Woods,  E.  Breid- 
enbach,  Valentine  Kanouse. 

Vice  President  Hitchens  in  the  chair. 

PRESIDENT’S  REPORT— 

To  the  Officers  and  Delegates  of  the  Ohio 

Federation  of  Labor : 

In  accordance  with  the  laws  of  our  organi- 
zation, I herewith  submit  to  you  a report  for 
the  year  ending  September  30,  1908. 

In  this  city,  in  1884,  was  laid  the  ground 
work  of  this  organization,  by  organizing  what 
was  known  as  the  Ohio  State  Trades  As- 
sembly. 

In  1897,  the  name  was  changed  to  the  Ohio 
Federation  of  Labor. 

Looking  back  to  these  years  of  work,  the 
hardships  we  endured,  the  sacrifices  made,  the 
advantages  secured  and  the  position  we  hold 
today — despite  the  fact  that  we  have  some 
lukewarm  friends  in  the  ranks  of  the  labor 
movement,  and  bitter  enemies  on  the  outside — 
must  cause  us  the  greatest  measure  of  satis- 
faction when  we  look  upon  this  convention 
and  point  to  the  fact  that  this  is  the  largest 
ever  held  by  the  State  body. 


For  twenty-five  years,  our  State  organiza- 
tion has  continued  and  deserves  to  continue 
its  existence  as  a labor  organization,  observ- 
ing that  this  year  completes  the  history  of  a 
quarter  of  a century,  extraordinary  effort 
should  be  made  to  insure  its  becoming  one  of 
the  greatest  and  most  influential  State  or- 
ganizations in  our  country. 

Our  State  Organization. 

The  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  is  composed 
of  the  central  bodies  and  local  unions.  There 
are  about  twenty-six  central  bodies  and  2,000 
local  unions  in  this  State,  and  strong  efforts 
should  be  made  to  have  all  of  these  become 
affiliated  with  the  State  organization.  The 
State  Federation  of  Labor  has  sown  the  seed 
of  unity,  fraternity  and  solidarity  by  and 
through  which  the  workers  have  a better 
sense  of  their  duty  to  help  them  bear  each 
other’s  burdens — 'that  by  the  advancement  of 
their  fellow-man,  they  themselves  are  largely 
benefited. 

Child  Labor. 

Shortly  after  the  adjournment  of  the  last 
convention,  the  Executive  Board  sent  a call 
to  all  organizations  interested  in  the  securing 
of  better  laws  to  regulate  child  labor.  The 
conference  was  held  December  9,  1907,  a com- 
plete report  of  which  will  be  made  in  the  re- 
port of  the  Executive  Board.  Every  dele- 
gate attending  this  conference  was  deeply  in- 
terested in  this  question,  and  after  a thorough 
discussion  of  the  subject,  it  was  unanimously 
agreed  to  make  our  stand  for  the  enactment 
of  what  was  known  as  House  Bill  No.  714, 
presented  in  the  Legislature  by  Brother  James 
A.  Reynolds,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  This  bill 
places  the  age  limit  at  14,  and  states  that  no 
boy  or  girl  under  16  or  girl  under  18  years 
of  age  shall  be  permitted  to  work  more  than 
eight  hours  per  day. 

The  work  inaugurated  and  conducted  by 
the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  and  other  or- 
ganizations to  eliminate  the  child  labor  evil, 
in  the  industrial  and  commercial  affairs  of 
our  State,  has  borne  fruit,  in  the  passage  of 
the  above-mentioned  bill,  and  we  can  proudly 
say  that  Ohio  stands  foremost  of  any  State 
in  the  Union  in  the  elimination  of  the  child 
labor  evil,  and  special  mention  should  be  made 
of  the  good  work  done  by  Brothers  J.  A. 
Reynolds  and  J.  A.  Robinson,  for  the  passage 
of  this  bill. 

Union  Label. 

The  union  label  is  a guarantee  of  better 
conditions  to  the  producer  of  the  article  bear- 
ing this  label.  It  is  the  means  by  which  the 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


Four  Route 

“THE  ROAD  WITH  THE  SERVICE’* 

IS  THE  QUICK  AND  COMFORTABLE  LINE  BETWEEN 

CINCINNATI  □ 

AND 

ST.  LOUS,  INDIANAPOLIS,  CHICAGO,  DETROIT, 
TOLEDO,  DAYTON,  SPRINGFIELD,  COLUMBUS, 
CLEVELAND,  BUFFALO,  SYRACUSE  ALBANY 

BOSTON  ' » NEW  YORK 

A Perfect  Roadbed  with  High-grade  Motive  Power  and  Equipment,  insures 
the  Passenger  using  this  Route  the  highest  degree  of  comfort,  luxury  and 
safety  in  travel. 

Call  on  any  BIG  FOUR  agents  for  information  or  write 

W.  J.  LYNCH,  Pass.  Traffic  Mgr.  H.  J.  RHEIN,  Gen’l  Pass.  Agt. 

Chicago,  111.  Cincinnati,  O. 


Moch.Berman  &C0l 

CREATORS  OF 


WELLWORTH 

DRESSY'  CLOTHING 


Our  garments  are  noted  for  medium  price.Duilt  for  the  people. 
Th^y  are  the  highest  type  of  Modern  Tailoring 
and  form  fitting. 

S.W.C0"ELM  & MCFARLAND  ST5., 

CINCINNATI, 0. 

STRICTLY  UNION  FACTORY 


Tel.  Canal  2514  Tel.  Canal  2814 

White  Cloud 

Laundry 

W.  W.  & J.  W.  CROTHERS 

Proprietors 


Strictly  First  Class  Work 


Offices: 

412-414  W.  9th  Street  r.  . . . 

722  Vine  Street  Lincinnati,  Uhio 


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43 


greatest  assistance  may  be  rendered  our  fel- 
low-workers. There  is  no  service  which  can 
render  the  trades  union  movement  that  re- 
quires less  effort  and  expense,  and  brings 
larger  results,  than  the  demand  for  the  label 
on  the  goods  we  purchase.  At  the  last  session 
of  the  Legislature,  Brother  R.  Reynolds,  of 
Columbus,  presented  and  secured  the  passage 
of  a bill  placing  a heavy  penalty  for  the  im- 
proper use  of  the  label.  The  Women’s  Union 
Label  League  is  doing  good  work  and  should 
be  greatly  encouraged,  branches  should  be 
established  in  every  city.  It  has  aided  greatly 
in  creating  a demand  for  the  label.  There  are 
none  of  our  co-workers  who  are  entitled  to 
more  consideration  at  our  hands  than  the 
woman  wage-earner,  and  we  should  regard 
it  our  duty  to  help  in  the  fullest,  to  have  a 
more  thorough  organization  of  these  deserv- 
ing toilers  along  trades  union  lines. 

Initiative  and  Referendum. 

The  last  convention  passed  a resolution 
directing  us  to  work  jointly  with  the  Direct 
Legislation  League  for  the  passage  of  a reso- 
lution to  be  submitted  to  the  people  of  Ohio, 
to  amend  the  Constitution  of  the  State,  giving 
the  people  the  right  by  the  initiative  refer- 
endum of  securing  laws  that  are  needed  and 
refused  by  the  Legislature,  and  refuse  to  per- 
mit the  Legislature  to  pass  laws  that  are  not 
favorable  to  a majority  of  the  people. 

This  question  was  taken  up  and  a desperate 
effort  was  made  to  have  the  amendment  :,o 
the  Constitution  submitted.  Mass  meetings 
were  held  all  over  the  State.  Central  bodies 
passed  resolutions  calling  on  the  members  of 
the  Legislature  from  their  respective  districts 
to  support  the  measure,  and  everything  pos- 
sible was  done  to  secure  its  passage.  We 
could  not  get  the  House  Committee  to  agree 
on  anything  reasonable.  About  the  last  week 
of  the  session,  the  friends  of  the  measure  were 
called  in  for  a conference,  and  it  was  agreed 
to  oppose  the  measure  as  the  House  Committee 
desired  it  submitted.  We  have  arranged  to 
make  another  effort  to  have  the  resolution 
passed  at  the  coming  session,  and  believe  that 
everything  is  more  favorable  now  than  last 
year  to  obtain  what  we  want.  My  advice  to 
the  friends  of  this  measure  is  to  stand  pat  on 
the  resolution  submitted  by  the  Executive 
Board,  and  let  us  win  or  lose  on  this  proposi- 
tion. The  Governor  of  the  State  has  placed 
himself  on  record  as  favoring  the  initiative 
and  referendum  bill,  and  called  together  the 
members  of  the  House  Conference  Committee, 
and  pleaded  with  them  to  agree  to  the  Senate 
Amendment,  that  the  matter  might  be  sub- 


mitted this  fall.  I have  been  informed  that 
the  Governor  not  only  called  in  this  Commit- 
tee, but  also  the  Calendar  Committee  in  refer- 
ence to  the  free  school  book  bill,  and  in  fact, 
we  have  always  found  him  to  be  easy  to  ap- 
proach, a good  listener  and  a good  adviser 
in  the  bills  in  which  labor  has  been  concerned. 

The  General  Employers’  Liability  Bill  that 
was  agreed  to  in  the  last  convention,  was  pre- 
sented to  the  House  of  Representatives  and 
referred  to  the  Judiciary  Committee  and  there 
it  was  buried.  This  is  another  bill  that  the 
board  has  determined  to  make  a fight  for. 

The  Anti-Injunction  Bill  is  also  a measure 
that  is  before  the  Ohio  Federation  for  con- 
sideration. A great  deal  of  discussion  is  now 
taking  place  on  this  question.  This  feature 
of  our  law  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  legal  history, 
and  is  many  centuries  o'der  than  the  American 
Constitution.  It  is  considered  one  of  the 
things  of  first  importance  in  judicial  pro- 
cedure, and  supposed  to  be  a safeguard  to 
property  and  civil  rights.  Any  attack  made 
on  this  feature  of  the  law  is  looked  upon 
with  a great  deal  of  misgiving.  We  become 
interested  in  it  when  it  is  misapplied  in  labor 
disputes,  and  when  it  is  made  the  instrument 
to  ruin  labor  organizations.  We  have  no 
objections  to  court  procedures  so  long  as  they 
are  honestly  administered,  but  we  do  protest 
against  the  misuse  of  them. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  year,  it  was  my 
privilege  and  I believe  my  duty,  to  address 
a series  of  inquiries  to  Hon.  W.  H.  Taft  and 
Hon.  J.  B.  Foraker,  as  to  their  attitude  on 
the  question  of  injunction.  My  inquiries  and 
the  replies  thereto  are  matters  of  public  record. 
The  result  of  this  has  been  to  push  forward 
the  issue  of  Labor  vs.  Injunctions,  to  a fore- 
most point  in  American  political  discussion, 
and  has  given  to  this  question  an  importance 
never  before  known  in  our  history. 

Organizers. 

In  accordance  with  our  laws,  the  President 
is  authorized  to  appoint  organizers  in  every 
city  of  the  State  that  has  five  or  more  local 
unions,  and  this  is  to  be  done  ninety  days 
prior  to  the  convention. 

I took  the  matter  up  with  the  central  bodies, 
asking  them  to  select  a man  as  organizer,  and 
I would  appoint  him.  I am  pleased  to  report 
that  almost  every  central  body  in  the  State 
complied  with  that  request. 

I wish  to  recommend  that  our  laws  be 
changed  to  read  as  follows : 

“The  President  shall  appoint  an  organizer 
in  each  town  or  city  in  the  State  having  five 
or  more  local  unions,  whose  duty  it  shall  be 


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to  urge  upon  all  local  unions  in  that  town  or 
city  to  become  affiliated  with  the  Ohio  Federa- 
tion of  Labor. 

“Organizers  shall  be  appointed  for  one  year 
and  shall  receive  50  per  cent  of  the  applica- 
tion fee  for  all  organizations  he  has  succeeded 
in  having  become  affiliated.’’ 

I would  also  suggest  that  some  form  of 
credential  be  gotten  up  and  given  to  the  Presi- 
dent so  all  organizers  will  have  the  same  kind 
of  credentials. 

I wish,  in  closing  to  extend  my  thanks  to 
the  Executive  Board  for  their  support  and 
aid  to  me  as  the  administrative  head  of  the 
Ohio  Federation,  and  to  express  to  the  mem- 
bership throughout  the  State  my  depest  grati- 
tude for  the  loyal  work  they  have  done  in 
behalf  of  labor. 

LLEWELYN  LEWIS. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Officers’  Reports. 
REPORT  OF  SECRETARY-Treasurer— 
To  the  Officers  and  Delegates  of  the  Twenty- 

fifth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Ohio  Feder- 
ation of  Labor : 

Fellow  Workmen — I have  the  honor  to  re- 
port to  you  of  the  receipts  and  expenditures 
for  the  past  twelve  months  beginning  Oct.  8, 
1907,  and  ending  Sept.  30,  1908. 

Despite  the  fact  that  we  are  and  have  been 
in  the  throes  of  a financial  panic,  and  that 
thousands  of  our  members  have  been  out  of 
work,  the  Federation,  both  financially  and 
otherwise,  has  had  one  of  the  most  prosperous 
years  in  its  history.  One  hundred  and  twenty 
unions  have  applied,  and  one  hundred  and 
nineteen  have  been  accepted  as  members ; one, 
Local  No.  5,  National  Stogiemakers’  League 
of  America  is  held  in  abeyance  awaiting  your 
decision,  on  protest  made  by  Cigarmakers’ 
Union  No.  17,  of  Cleveland,  and  it  is  with 
extreme  satisfaction  that  I report  at  the  close 
of  the  fiscal  year  $535.58  in  our  treasury. 

The  profits  from  this  year's  annual  souvenir 
is  not  included  in  this  report,  as  the  amount 
$450.00  paid  in  from  that  source  at  last  con- 
vention was  used  to  pay  debts  incurred  last 
year  and  the  expenses  of  that  convention. 

Four  unions,  Amalgamated  Woodworkers, 
No.  212,  No.  89,  and  No.  158,  Cincinnati, 
and  Bartenders’  Union  No.  252,  Mansfield, 
resigned  during  the  year,  and  fifteen  unions 
were  suspended  on  Sept.  30,  for  being  in  ar- 
rears, leaving  a net  gain  for  the  year  of  100 
unions. 

(The  tabulated  statement  of  Secretary 
Thomas  will  be  given  in  full  in  the  complete 
proceedings  to  Locals.) 

Two  appeals  were  sent  out  for  donations 
to  our  Legislative  Fund,  one  immediately  fol- 


lowing last  convention,  and  another  in  Feb- 
ruary of  this  year,  to  both  affiliated  and  un- 
affiliated unions,  and  the  liberality  of  our 
unions  even  in  hard  times  when  there  is  some- 
thing to  be  gained  is  shown  in  the  amount 
secured — $889.00. 

In  conclusion  I desire  to  add  that  there  are 
these  are  on  our  mailing  list  and  a number 
about  2,000  local  unions  in  Ohio — 1,825  of 

of  circulars  have  been  sent  to  every  one,  show- 
ing what  is  being  done  by  our  Federation,  and 
urging  them  to  affiliate,  and  co-operate  in  the 
good  work  we  are  doing  for  the  workingmen, 
women  and  children  in  our  State.  I desire  to 
express  through  the  delegates  present  my  ap- 
preciation for  assistance  and  expressions  of 
good  will  I have  received  from  the  organizers 
and  officers  of  the  unions,  and  my  colleagues 
on  the  Executive  Board  during  the  year. 

Respectfullv  submitted, 

HARRY  D.  THOMAS, 
Secretary  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor. 
Referred  to  Committee  on  Officers’  Reports 
and  Auditing  Committee. 

REPORT  OF  EXECUTIVE  BOARD— 

To  the  Officers  and  De’egates  of  the  Federa- 
tion of  Labor,  in  Convention  Assembled: 
Greeting : — Your  Vice  Presidents  this  year 
have  decided  to  submit  jointly  to  you  their  an- 
nual report.  The  Executive  Board  held  four 
meetings  this  year,  one  at  the  close  of  the  last 
convention  at  Columbus,  the  second  at  Colum- 
bus, Dec.  9-10,  the  third  at  Cleveland,  June 
6th,  and  the  fourth  in  this  city,  Oct.  11-12. 

Board  Meetings  and  Their  Outcome. 

At  the  first  meeting  following  the  conven- 
tion, the  Board  instructed  the  Secretary-Treas- 
urer to  get  out  a special  circu’ar  letter  and 
send  to  all  unions  in  the  State,  asking  for 
donations  not  less  than  $5  for  legislative  pur- 
poses, ,as  per  instructions  of  the  con- 
vention. They  decided  to  call  a conference 
of  all  parties  interested  in  the  abolishment  of 
child  labor  on  Dec.  9 in  the  same  city,  and 
arranged  for  the  printing  and  distributing  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  convention,  and  in- 
structed the  Secretary-Treasurer  to  hire  such 
office  help  as  was  necessary  to  take  care  Dt 
the  work. 

At  the  second  meeting,  held  Dec.  9,  a re- 
quest was  made  by  Machinists’  Union  No.  105, 
Toledo,  Ohio,  for  time  in  which  to  pay  up 
their  arrearages,  owing  to  the  long  strike 
their  union  had  gone  through  at  the  Pope 
Motor  Company  and  other  shops.  The  Board 
decided  to  keep  the  union  in  good  standing 
until  Jan.  1,  1908,  permit  them  to  start  paying 
per  capita  tax  from  that  date,  and  recommends 


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to  this  convention  remitting  of  all  arrearages 
up  to  that  time. 

On  request,  credentials  were  given  George 
King,  Field  Secretary  of  the  Ohio  Direct 
Legislative  League,  so  that  he  could  visit 
unions  and  urge  upon  them  active  work  in  be- 
half of  the  Initiative  and  Referendum. 

The  election  of  Legislative  Agent  was  taken 
up.  Brother  James  A.  Robinson  of  Canton 
was  unanimously  elected  by  the  Board  to  fill 
the  position,  at  $36  per  week — this  to  include 
salary,  hotel  and  railroad  expenses  to  and 
from  his  home  once  a week.  Brother  Robin- 
son was  telegraphed  for  and  attended  the  bal- 
ance of  the  meeting,  and  the  Child  Labor  Con- 
ference, and  was  definitely  instructed  by  the 
Board  to  confine  his  work  and  efforts  to  pro- 
moting and  securing  the  passage  of  such 
legislation  as  advocated  by  the  Ohio  Federa- 
tion of  Labor. 

Request  was  made  of  the  Board  by  the 
Stonecutters’  State  Conference  for  the  return 
of  the  initiation  fee  and  per  capita  tax  paid 
by  them,  as  the  convention  amended  the  Con- 
stitution in  such  a way  as  to  debar  them  from 
membership.  Request  was  granted. 

A conference  was  arranged  with  Governor 
Harris,  and  your  Board  met  and  urged  upon 
him  the  necessity  of  advocating  in  his  message 
to  the  Legislature  the  passage  of  the  Child 
Labor  and  Compulsory  Education  Bill,  Initia- 
tive and  Referendum,  Employers4  Liability, 
and  the  Eight  Hours  on  Public  Works  bills, 
as  advocated  by  the  O.  F.  of  L. 

Appreciating  the  good  work  done  by  John 
H.  Morgan,  Chief  Inspector  of  Factories  and 
Workshops,  in  enforcing  Child  Labor  and 
other  laws  pertaining  to  his  department,  we 
also  requested  his  reappointment,  and  was  told 
at  that  time  that  some  legal  technicality  pre- 
vented his  reappointment.  If  the  same  could 
be  overcome,  the  Governor  would  gladly 
comply  with  our  wishes.  Later  on  this  mat- 
ter was  taken  up  by  Senator  Thomas  P. 
Schmidt  with  the  Governor  and  Attorney 
General,  and  the  Senate  took  such  action  as 
made  possible  his  reappointment. 

Brother  Michael  Goldsmith,  representing 
the  Hotel  and  Restaurant  Employes’  and  Bar- 
tenders’ League  of  America,  appeared  before 
the  Board  and  requested  the  Board  to  go  on 
record  protesting  against  the  passage  of 
County  Lccal  Option  bills  and  all  other  legis- 
lation that  might  affect  the  business  in  which 
their  members  were  employed,  and  requested 
the  Board  to  concur  in  resolutions  adopted  at 
their  national  convention  at  Toledo. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted : 
“That  the  Hotel  and  Restaurant  Employes’ 


and  Bartenders’  League  of  America  be  notified 
that  this  Board  is  not  in  a position  to  take 
action  for  or  against  Local  Option  until  such 
time  as  such  matters  are  acted  upon  by  the 
Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  in  convention. 

Child  Labor  Conference. 

The  Child  Labor  Conference  called  for  Dec. 
9,  as  per  instructions  of  the  convention,  met 
in  the  Railway  Commissioners’  room  at  the 
State  House,  and  the  following  persons  at- 
tended the  meeting : 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Kunfier,  Chairman  Indus- 
trial Conditions  and  Child  Labor,  Ohio  Feder- 
ation of  Women’s  Clubs,  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Miss  Bertha  M.  Stevens,  Consumers’ 
League,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Mrs.  George  Grant  White,  President,  and 
Mrs.  Henry  Steube,  Secretary,  Columbus  Fed- 
eration of  Women’s  Clubs. 

Mrs.  Edward  Orton,  Jr.,  State  Regent  of 
the  Daughters  of  Revolution,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Mrs.  Frank  C.  Kenton,  State  Chairman  of 
the  Committee  of  the  D.  A.  R.  to  investigate 
Child  Labor  Laws. 

Mrs.  Chas.  W.  Harper,  Columbus  Chapter, 
D.  A.  R. 

Mrs.  Mary  M.  K.  Krumm,  Mothers’  Con- 
gress, Columbus,  Ohio. 

Mrs.  Pau'ine  Steinem,  member  of  Board  of 
Education,  Toledo,  Ohio,  representing  Toledo 
Council  of  Women. 

Mrs.  Sarah  E.  Hyre,  member  of  the  Board 
of  Education,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Hon.  R.  R.  Reynolds,  Chairman  Labor  Com- 
mittee, House  of  Representatives,  Columbus, 
Ohio. 

Hon.  Jas.  A.  Reynolds,  Secretary  of  the 
Labor  Committee,  House  of  Representatives, 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Mr.  J.  Jones,  State  Commissioner  of 
Schools,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Mr.  John  H.  Morgan,  Chief  Inspector  of 
Workshops  and  Factories,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

Mr.  C.  B.  Baker,  District  Inspector,  Piqua, 
Ohio. 

Hon.  Joseph  Bishop,  Secretary  State  Board 
of  Arbitration,  and  the  Executive  Board  of 
the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor. 

President  L.  Lewis  was  ejected  Chairman  ; 
Mrs.  Pauline  Steinem,  Vice  Chairman  ; H.  D. 
Thomas,  Secretary ; Mrs.  George  Grant  White, 
Assistant  Secretary. 

Letters  and  papers  were  read  from  Dr. 
Albert  H.  Frieberg,  Secretary  Ohio  Branch 
of  the  National  Child  Labor  Committee ; Mrs. 
G.  Gorden,  President  Consumers’  League, 
Cincinnati ; Mrs.  Elizabeth  Schauss,  Toledo, 
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their  support  to  the  bill  agreed  upon  at  this 
conference. 

Numerous  suggestions  and  proposition  were 
made  and  discussed  at  the  conference  for  the 
improvement  and  betterment  of  the  Child 
Labor  and  Compulsory  Education  Laws.  Mrs. 
Sarah  E.  Hyre,  member  of  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, Cleveland,  read  a very  interesting  paper 
on  the  subject  of  “Child  Labor  and  the  Proper 
Education  of  Children,”  and  at  its  close  the 
following  resolution  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  Child  Labor  and  Truancy 
Laws  be  so  harmonized  that  the  education  of 
the  child,  not  its  labor,  be  made  the  considera- 
tion. 

The  conference  finally  agreed  in  submitting 
bill  which  passed  and  now  is  known  as  the 
Reynolds  Child  Labor  Law. 

A Compulsory  Education  bill,  as  introduced 
at  the  previous  session,  was  also  agreed  to, 
and  every  one  present  at  the  conference 
pledged  their  support  to  secure  the  passage 
of  this  bill. 

The  conference  also  went  on  record  in  favor 
of  the  re-appointment  of  John  H.  Morgan 
as  Chief  Inspector  of  Workshops  and  Fac- 
tories. 

The  result  of  our  efforts,  along  with  the 
assistance  we  received  from  the  representatives 
of  the  United  Mine  Workers  and  Brotherhood 
of  Railway  Trainmen,  is  contained  in  the  fol- 
lowing summary  of  the  report  submitted  to 
the  Board  by  our  Legislative  Agent: 

Measures  and  Their  Benefits. 

Brother  James  Reynolds’  Child  Labor  Bill 
No.  714  gives  Ohio  the  best  Child  Labor  law 
in  the  United  States,  and  probably  the  best  In 
the  world.  The  bill  provides  that  no  child 
under  14  years  of  age  shall  be  employed  under 
any  circumstances,  and  boys  under  16  and 
girls  under  18,  can  only  work  eight  hours  a 
day,  or  forty-eight  hours  per  week,  provid- 
ing they  get  the  proper  schooling  certificate, 
and  shall  not  work  after  6 p.  m.  or  before 
7 a.  m. 

The  bill  also  mentions  a large  number  of 
dangerous  and  immoral  employments  at  which 
children  cannot  be  employed,  and  provides  for 
eight  women  factory  inspectors  to  enforce  the 
law. 

Efforts  to  Defeat  Our  Measures. 

Every  effort  that  could  possibly  be  put  forth 
by  the  manufacturers  and  employers  was  used 
to  defeat  this  bill.  Brother  James  Reynolds  can- 
not be  too  highly  congratulated  for  bis  efforts, 
which  finally  resulted  in  the  passage  of  this 
bill ; and  the  working  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren of  this  State  and  the  countrv  owe  him 


a debt  of  gratitude  in  giving  to  ( )hio  the  best 
Child  Labor  laws  in  the  world. 

Thanks  to  Those  Who  Assisted  Us. 

This  convention  owes  a vote  of  thanks  to 
the  following  women’s  organizations  and 
women : 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Kumler,  Chairman  Indus- 
trial Condition  and  Child  Labor,  Ohio  Fed- 
eration of  Women’s  Clubs,  Dayton,  Ohio; 
Miss  Bertha  M.  Stevens,  Consumers’  League, 
Cleveland,  Ohio ; Mrs.  George  Grant  White, 
President;  Mrs.  Henry  Steube,  Secretary, 
Columbus  Federation  of  Women’s  Clubs; 
Mrs.  Edward  Orton,  Jr.,  State  Regent  of  the 
Daughters  of  Revolution,  Columbus,  Ohio ; 
Mrs.  Frank  W.  Harper,  Columbus  Chapter, 
D.  A.  R. ; Mrs.  Frank  C.  Kenton,  State  Chair 
man  of  the  Committee  of  the  D.  A.  R.  to  In- 
vestigate Child  Labor  Laws;  Mrs.  Mary  M.  J. 
Krumm,  Mothers’  Congress,  Columbus,  Ohio ; 
Mrs.  Pauline  Steinem,  member  of  Board  of 
Education,  Toledo,  representing  Toledo  Coun- 
cil of  Women,  and  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Schauss, 
who,  together  with  John  H.  Morgan,  Chief 
Factory  Inspector,  gave  their  active  and  valu- 
able assistance  in  the  passage  of  this  measure. 

The  bill  passed  the  House  by  a vote  of  78 
to  20  after  one  of  the  most  strenuous  meet- 
ings of  the  General  Assembly,  not  less  than 
twenty  amendments  being  offered  by  the 
manufacturers  to  kill  the  bill.  The  public 
hearing  on  the  bill,  which  was  held  in  the 
Senate  Chamber,  was  attended  by  over  400 
manufacturers,  and  every  argument,  particu- 
larly the  one  relating  to  the  widow  and  or- 
phan, was  used  by  them  in  an  effort  to  in- 
duce the  Senate  Labor  Committee  to  refuse 
to  report  the  bill  out.  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Kum- 
ler of  Dayton,  Mrs.  Edward  Orton  of  Colum- 
bus, Mrs.  Elizabeth  Schauss  of  Toledo,  John 
H.  Morgan  and  members  of  your  Board  urged 
the  passage  of  the  bill,  which  became  a law. 

For  the  purpose  of  protecting  the  widow 
and  orphan,  Brother  James  Reynolds  secured 
the  passage  of  House  Bill  No.  1172,  which 
provides  that  Boards  of  Education  may  pro- 
vide any  and  all  relief  necessary  for  the  child 
to  attend  school,  even  to  the  extent  of  fur- 
nishing food,  clothing,  shoes,  books,  and  pay- 
ing to  the  parent  the  wages  that  the  child 
might  earn  when  at  work. 

House  Bill  No.  1225,  by  James  Reynolds, 
provides  for  ten  additional  Factory  Inspectors 
and  an  Assistant  Chief  Inspector  of  Factories 
and  Workshops  to  see  that  our  schools  are 
properly  constructed  against  the  dangers  of 
fire  and  other  accidents. 

The  railroad  workmen  of  this  State  are 


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benelted  by  the  passage  of  Employers’  Lia- 
bility Bill  No.  676,  introduced  bv  Mr.  Metz- 
ger. This  bill  does  away  with  the  fellow  ser- 
vant assumed  risk  and  contributory  negli- 

gence, and  establishes  the  new  principle  of 
comparative  negligence,  so  that  in  future  it 
will  be  impossible,  in  personal  injuries  cases, 
for  judges  to  throw  out  of  court,  on  the  plea 
of  contributory  negligence,  fellow  servant  or 
assumed  risk. 

House  Bill  No.  787,  by  Mr.  O’Rourke, 

known  as  the  Voluntary  Relief  Act,  does  away 
with  that  feature  of  the  old  law  whereby  men 
were  deterred  from  suing  for  personal  injury 
through  having  signed  a release  for  the  pur- 
pose of  procuring  insurance  they  themselves 
paid  for. 

The  miners  are  benefited  by  the  passage  of 
four  bills:  House  Bill  No.  875,  by  Mr.  Wertz, 
to  protect  them  from  the  danger  of  gas ; Sen- 
ate Bill  No.  360,  by  Mr.  Duvall,  to  protect 
them  against  the  dangers  of  electricity  and 
machinery;  House  Bill  No.  369,  by  Mr.  Jones, 
against  the  dangers  of  explosives ; and  House 
Bill  No.  727,  by  Mr.  Crawford,  provides  that 
every  person  desiring  to  work  as  a miner  must 
produce  satisfactory  evidence  that  he  has 
worked  at  the  business  at  least  one  year. 

The  Union  Label  organizations  are  bene- 
fited by  the  passage  of  House  Bill  No.  1205, 
by  Brother  R.  Reynolds  of  Franklin.  This  act 
provides  heavy  penalties  for  improper  use  of 
the  Union  Label. 

The  engineers  are  benefited  by  the  passage 
of  House  Bill  No.  1170,  appointing  an  As- 
sistant Chief  Examiner  and  two  additional 
District  Examiners,  with  an  increase  in  salar- 
ies for  the  whole  department. 

Other  bills  that  we  assisted  in  securing  the 
passage  of  are  Senate  Bill  No.  495,  for  the 
hiring  of  labor  direct  by  County  Commission- 
ers ; the  Schmidt  Bill,  providing  for  the  refer- 
endum in  granting  street  railway  franchises, 
and  the  Howe  Bill,  to  purchase  a new  site  for 
a new  penitentiary.  (This  was  vetoed  by  the 
Governor.) 

The  bills  introduced  and  lost  were  the  In- 
itiative and  Referendum,  the  General  Em- 
ployers’ Liability,  the  False  Advertising,  and 
the  Free  School  Book  bills. 

Work  of  Legislative  Agent. 

Some  criticisms  have  been  made  on  a part 
of  the  work  performed  by  Brother  James  A. 
Robinson  as  our  Legislative  Agent,  owing  to 
the  fact  that  he  visited  some  localities  and 
sent  letters  to  Central  Bodies  urging  the  elec- 
tion of  Representatives  and  Senators  who  had 
assisted  him  in  the  passage  of  our  bills.  This 


work  complained  of  was  done  without  the 
knowledge  or  consent  of  our  Board ; but  the 
value  of  the  legislation  secured  to  the  working 
men,  women  and  children  of  this  State  from 
this  Legislature  so  far  overshadows  the  few 
criticisms  that  have  been  made,  and  the  fact 
that  every  friendly  Senator  and  Representa- 
tive speaks  so  highly  of  the  energetic  work  of 
Brother  Robinson,  that  these  few  faults  should 
be  overlooked.  Brother  Robinson,  along  with 
the  representatives  of  the  United  Mine  Work- 
ers and  Brotherhood  of  Railway  Trainmen, 
are  entitled  to  thanks  of  this  convention  for 
the  work  they  have  done,  as  we  feel,  without 
these  efforts,  this  legislation  would  not  have 
been  passed. 

At  the  third  meeting  of  the  Board,  held 
June  6th,  in  Cleveland,  and  the  fourth,  Oct. 
11-12,  held  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  William  Cope, 
Vice  President,  tendered  his  resignation, 
having  received  appointment  as  Deputy  In- 
spector of  Workshops  and  Factories.  The 
other  Vice  Presidents  were  moved  up  in 
order,  and  Brother  H.  O.  Allison,  of  the  Na- 
tional Brotherhood  of  Potters,  was  elected 
Fifth  Vice  President. 

General  Matters. 

The  Stogie  Makers  of  Marietta  Local  U11- 
ion  No.  5 made  application  for  membership, 
and  as  there  were  no  stogie  makers  affiliated 
with  the  O.  F.  of  L.,  your  Secretary  wrote 
the  cigarmakers  to  find  out  if  there  was  any 
objection  to  the  local  becoming  a member. 
The  cigarmakers  answered,  protesting 
against  the  application.  The  Board  refers 
this  matter  to  the  convention  to  decide. 

The  question  of  endorsing  and  recom- 
mending candidates  for  political  office  was 
taken  up.  The  Board  adopted  the  following 
resolution : 

That  this  Executive  Board  will  not  en- 
dorse or  recommend  the  election  of  any  can- 
didates for  political  office,  but  will  give  to 
each  Central  Body  and  local  union  in  the 
State,  so  far  as  it  lays  in  its  power,  a com- 
plete record  of  the  stand  taken  on  labor 
measures  by  candidates  for  the  Legislature, 
and  permit  the  Central  Bodies  and  unions  in 
each  locality  to  use  their  own  judgment  in 
the  matter  of  election  of  same. 

The  matter  of  the  letter  written  to  Sec- 
retary of  M ar  William  H.  Taft  on  the  sub- 
ject of  injunctions,  and  answer  received  by 
President  Llewelyn  Lewis,  was  discussed. 
President  Lewis  stated  he  would  make  a 
complete  report  on  this  matter  to  the  con- 
vention. 


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Laws  to  be  Asked  For. 

The  matter  of  what  legislation  should  be 
urged  for  passage  by  the  Legislature  that  is 
to  convene  in  1909  was  taken  up.  Your 
Board  decided  that  the  measures  given  the 
first  consideration  should  be  the  Initiative 
and  Referendum,  General  Employers’  Lia- 
bility or  Workmen’s  Compensation  Act,  and 
an  Anti-Injunction  law.  Herbert  Bigelow, 
Secretary  of  the  Ohio  Direct  Legislation 
League,  attended  the  meeting  and  we  jointly 
agreed  to  draft  an  Initiative  and  Referendum 
Bill  that  we  would  insist  on  being  passed 
without  amendments. 

The  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  is  to  have 
full  charge  of  the  campaign  for  the  passage 
of  this  bill. 

The  Board  also  appointed  a committee  to 
draft  Anti-Injunction  and  Employers’  Lia- 
bility bills,  and  the  Secretary  was  instructed 
and  has  sent  to  every  Central  Body  in  the 
State  pledges  to  each  candidate  to  the  Sen- 
ate and  House  of  Representatives,  to  sign, 
pledging  themselves  to  vote  for  these  meas- 
ures. The  returns  so  far  received  would  in- 
dicate that  some  of  our  Central  Bodies  are 
neglecting  this  part  of  their  work,  and  the 
delegates  are  requested  to  see,  when  they  re- 
turn home,  that  this  work  is  attended  to  im- 
mediately. Central  Bodies  were  also  notified 
that  the  Ohio  Federation,  of  Labor  stands 
ready  to  furnish  the  records  of  Senators  and 
Representatives  who  are  candidates  for  re- 
election. 

The  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio. 

The  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Ohio,  as  touching  the  unconstitutionality  of 
labor  laws,  especially  in  workmen’s  personal 
injury  cases  against  employers  and  corpora- 
tions, have  been  so  notoriously  unfair  and 
unjust,  that  your  Board  decided  to  investi- 
gate the  records  of  the  candidates  for  this 
high  position. 

The  Board  is  most  seriously  of  the  opinion 
that  if  the  laws  which  we  have  secured  at  so 
great  an  effort  are  to  remain  on  the  statute 
books,  it  is  necessary  that  Judges  Shauck 
and  Price,  candidates  for  the  Supreme  Court 
bench,  be  defeated.  The  work  of  these 
judges  was  so  overwhelmingly  against  labor, 
especially  on  personal  injury  cases,  that  the 
Board  felt  it  its  supreme  duty  to  let  the 
people  of  Ohio  know  of  that  record. 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  the  election  comes 
so  close  after  the  closing-  of  our  convention, 
your  Board  could  not  wait  for  the  conven- 
tion to  take  action  on  this  matter.  A cir- 
cular letter  is  being  mailed  at  the  present 


time  to  all  local  unions  of  the  State.  The 
delegates  are  especially  urged  to  distribute 
the  information  contained  to  every  voter  in 
their  district  when  they  get  home.  Five 
thousand  of  these  circulars  will  be  here  for 
circulation. 

Each  member  of  the  Executive  Board  has 
done  his  best  in  his  particular  district  to 
get  unions  to  affiliate  with  the  Federation. 
The  result  of  our  joint  efforts  is  shown  in 
the  report  of  the  Secretary,  which  shows  184 
new  affiliations  since  the  last  convention, 
and  a balance  in  the  treasury  of  $535.58. 

With  the  sincere  hope  that  this  splendid 
growth  will  continue,  and  expressing  our 
thanks  to  all  those  who  have  assisted  in  the 
good  work,  and  with  the  further  hope  that 
the  work  of  this  convention  will  still  further 
advance  the  interests  of  the  wage-workers 
of  this  State,  we  beg  to  remain. 

Fraternally  yours, 

LLEWELYN  LEWIS, 
President. 

THOMAS  RUMSEY, 

E.  L.  HITCHENS, 

A.  I.  CROUSE, 

W.  A.  LAMB, 

H.  D.  THOMAS, 

Secretary-T  reasurer. 

Executive  Board. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Officers’  Re- 
ports. 

Report  of  Delegate  James  Reynolds  to  Nor- 
folk convention  A.  F.  of  L.  was  read. 

H.  D.  THOMAS,  Sec’y. 

Second  Day— Morning  Session 
October  14,  1908. 
Communications. 

From  Akron  Central  Labor  Union,  re- 
ferring to  strike  at  Werner  Printing  Com- 
pany. 

Referred  to  Grievance  Committee. 

From  T.  T.  O’Malley,  Stark  County  Fed- 
eration of  Catholic  Clubs,  on  free  school 
books. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 

Motion  President  appoint  Special  Com- 
mittee of  Five  on  Labels. 

Carried. 


Resolution  No.  1. 

By  Delegate  Maier  Schwartz,  Clothing 
Cutters  and  Trimmers,  No.  100,  Cincinnati  : 
To  the  Officers  and  Delegates  of  the  Ohio 
Federation  of  Labor,  in  Convention  As- 
sembled : 


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Whereas,  Manufacturers  of  clothing  at  all 
times,  through  their  salespeople,  inform 
merchants  in  various  localities  that  their 
product  is  union  made,  but  does  not  carry 
union  label ; and, 

Whereas,  Merchants  in  many  instances 
believe  these  fabrications  of  said  unscrupu- 
lous manufacturers,  who  use  same  argument 
with  their  patrons ; be  it  therefore 

Resolved,  That  the  delegates  to  this  con- 
vention be  instructed  to  notify  the  members 
of  their  different  unions  that  all  clothing,  to 
be  union  made,  must  have  the  label  of  the 
United  Garment  Workers  of  America,  ma- 
chine-stitched on  inside  pocket  of  coat,  in- 
side pocket  of  vest,  and  hip  pocket  of 
trousers.  All  clothing  not  having  said  label 
being  unfair. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Labels. 


Resolution  No.  2 

Regarding  The  Champion  Coated  Paper 
Company  was  referred  to  Grievance  Com- 
mittee. 


Resolution  No.  3 

Referred  to  Grievance  Committee. 


Resolution  No.  4. 

By  Delegate  Margaret  Edwards  Grout, 
Woman’s  Union  Label  League  No.  229. 

Whereas,  As  a result  of  court  decisions, 
the  Union  Label  is  the  only  weapon  left  in 
the  hands  of  organized  labor  for  its  own 
protection,  aside  from  the  ballot;  and 

Whereas,  And  as  men  are  the  wage- 
earners  for  the  family,  and  women  do  the 
buying  of  all  supplies  for  the  family,  thereby 
controlling  the  demand  for  union-made 
goods,  and  as  every  dollar  spent  for  non- 
union goods  means  a dollar  pitted  against 
organized  labor  to  crush  and  destroy  it ; 
therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  only  by  organization  and 
working  together  can  the  purchasing  power 
of  the  working  class  be  used  effectively  in 
the  interests  of  organized  labor;  therefore, 
be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  it  is  necessary  that  there 
be  a Woman’s  Union  Label  League  in  con- 
nection with  every  central  body,  and  that 
every  union  man  insist  that  the  women  of 
their  families  belong  to  the  Woman’s  Union 
Label  League  and  attend  the  meetings,  to 
keep  union  labeled  goods  fresh  in  their 
memory,  and  it  is  the  duty  of  union  men  to 
use  their  utmost  efforts  to  organize  a 
W oman’s  Union  Label  League  in  connec- 


tion with  every  central  body  where  one  does 
not  already  exist. 

Referred  to  Label  Committee. 


Resolution  No.  5. 

By  Delegate  Robert  D.  Lensch,  Bakers’ 
Union  No.  51. 

Resolved,  That  we  call  on  all  union  men 
and  friends  of  organized  labor  to  demand 
only  bread  bearing  the  bakers’  union  label. 
Referred  to  Committee  on  Labels. 


Resolution  No.  6. 

By  Delegate  Wm.  B.  Austin,  U.  B.  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  No.  123. 

We,  officials  of  the  Brotherhood  of  Car- 
penters and  Joiners  of  Aemrica,  No.  1023, 
Alliance,  Ohio,  desire  to  submit  the  follow- 
ing : 

W hereas,  changing  conditions  compel  the 
adoption  of  new  measures  on  the  part  of 
labor ; and, 

Whereas,  The  question  of  apprenticeship 
is  becoming  of  grave  importance  if  the  arti- 
san is  to  command  respect  as  a workman ; 
and 

W^hereas,  To  raise  and  keep  the  standard 
of  our  craft,  it  is  necessary  that  the  ques- 
tions of  apprenticeship  and  the  qualifications 
of  the  workman  be  determined  by  the  State 
in  laws  regulating  license  of  apprentices  and 
fixing  the  standard  of  workmanship  in  car- 
pentry, as  in  other  trades  so  regulated ; be 
it  therefore 

Resolved,  That  we  ask  the  good  offices  of 
the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  to  assist  in 
the  procuring  of  such  laws  for  the  carpentry 
trade. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


Invitation  was  received  to  visit  National 
Cash  Register  plant. 

Motion  to  adjourn  at  3 :30  p.  m.  to  see 
plant.  Carried. 

Motion  carried  that  time  for  presenting 
of  resolutions  expire  at  12  o'clock  Thursday. 

Delegates  Voll,  Cow,  Miles,  Bingham, 
Allum,  Muehlman  and  Ffolt,  for  the  Glass 
Bottle  Blowers'  delegation,  and  Delegate  E. 
Breidenbach  requested  to  be  placed  on 
record  as  protesting  against  the  seating  of 
delegates  from  the  American  Flint  Glass 
W orkers’  Union. 


Woman’s  Union  Label  League. 

Margaret  Edwards  Grout  of  Cincinnati 
presents  credentials  from  Local  229  of  that 
city,  and  while  we  do  not  consider  that  they 


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are  what  would  be  termed  a “labor  organi- 
zation,” yet  they  assist  our  cause  and  move- 
ments in  so  many  ways  and  instances,  we 
believe  entitles  them  to  some  recognition, 
and  in  view  of  their  services  so  gratuitously 
tendered,  we  would  recommend  that  the 
delegate  be  seated  and  given  one  vote,  and 
that  their  organization  be  exempt  from  dues, 
and  their  initiation  fee  of  $2.00  and  $1.00  per 
capita  tax  be  returned  to  them. 

Agreed  to. 

Local  Union  of  Steam  Engineers  No.  89 
and  Local  Union  No.  128  of  the  Steam  Fire- 
men, of  Columbus,  Ohio,  protest  against  the 
seating  of  delegates  from  Nos.  47,  147  and 
202  of  the  Brewery  Workers  of  Columbus, 
Ohio. 

After  carefully  going  over  the  protest  and 
conferring  with  the  Brewery  Workers,  their 
influence  among  their  membership  in  Colum- 
bus, with  the  assistance  of  their  national 
officers  to  assist  in  every  way  possible  to 
cement  the  labor  movement  in  Columbus, 
Ohio,  that  they  will  urge  their  locals  to 
affiliate  with  the  Columbus  Federation  of 
Labor,  and  will  use  all  honorable  means  to 
make  the  labor  movement  in  Columbus  what 
it  should  be,  one  solid  central  body,  the 
Columbus  Federation  of  Labor. 

(Signed)  GEO.  OEFFLER,  202, 
MICHAEL  BRAUN,  47, 
GEO.  B.  P'EHM,  147, 

Delegates. 

In  view  of  the  above  declaration,  your 
committee  recommends  that  delegates  from 
Brewery  Workers,  delegates  from  Locals 
Nos.  47,  147  and  202  be  seated. 

Agreed  to. 

Your  committee  would  recommend  that 
the  Constitution  be  amended  as  follows  : 

The  books  of  the  Secretary-Treasurer  be 
closed  on  the  30th  of  September,  and  no 
credentials  be  accepted  later  than  12  o’clock, 
noon,  on  the  second  day  of  the  convention, 
and  any  organization  to  be  entitled  to  repre- 
sentation must  have  made  application  in 
writing  to  the  Secretary-Treasurer  on  or  be- 
fore that  date,  or  have  paid  admission  fee 
and  dues ; but  this  does  not  apply  to  organi- 
zations desiring  to  be  reinstated. 

For  the  convenience  of  future  committees, 
we  must  urge  that  local  unions  and  secre- 
taries use  more  caution  in  making  out  cre- 
dentials, as  many  credentials  had  no  number 
of  their  local,  nor  whom  they  represented, 
which  worked  great  hardship  to  your  com- 
mittee. 

We  cannot  make  this  recommendation  any 
too  strong,  and  hope  you  will  agree  with  us 


and  govern  yourselves  accordingly.  Your 
committee  would  have  been  able  to  make  a 
much  earlier  report  had  it  not  been  for  the 
above-mentioned  conditions. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

E.  P.  HAWLEY, 

S.  E.  WILLIAMS, 

L.  C.  VAN  NESS, 
Credentials  Committee. 


Second  Day — Afternoon  Session 

October  14,  1908. 

Called  to  order  by  President  Lewis  at 
2:00  p.  m. 

Reading  of  minutes  dispensed  with. 
Introduction  of  resolutions: 


Resolution  No.  7. 

Whereas,  In  our  declaration  of  principles, 
we  strongly  favor  the  free  text-books  for  the 
children  of  our  common  schools. 

Whereas,  At  the  second  session  of  the 
Seventy-seventh  General  Assembly,  a bill 
was  introduced  in  the  Senate  known  as  the 
Pollock  bill,  which  provided  for  a referen- 
dum vote  in  all  school  districts. 

Whereas,  The  said  bill  passed  the  Senate 
by  a decisive  vote,  tut  was  held  up  in  the 
House  by  an  adverse  steering  committee. 

Whereas,  Your  legislative  committee  did 
all  in  their  power  to  bring  said  bill  to  a vote, 
without  success.  This  steering  committee, 
with  other  members  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, claimed  that  labor  organizations 
were  not  asking  for  the  passage  of  this  mea- 
sure. 

Therefore,  be  it  Resolved,  That  we 
heartily  endorse  the  provisions  of  such  a 
bill,  which  will  be  presented  at  the  coming 
session  of  the  General  Assembly,  and  re- 
quest our  Secretary  to  notify  each  candidate 
for  the  Legislature,  both  to  the  House  of 
Representatives  and  Senate,  that  we  shall 
expect  them  to  vote  for  the  same. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


Resolution  No.  8. 

By  Delegates  W.  A.  Lamb,  Division  272 ; 
F.  A.  Lott,  379;  L.  F.  Bannon,  272;  F.  N. 
Getz,  114;  A.  L.  Jackman,  285,  and  C.  A. 
Allison,  52  Amalgamated  Asociation  of 
Street  and  Electric  Railway  Employes : 
Resolved,  By  this  convention  of  the  Ohio 
Federation,  that  they  will  do  all  in  their 
power  to  secure  the  enactment  of  a law,  ap- 
pointing inspectors  of  street  and  electric  rail- 
roads of  Ohio. 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


Resolution  No.  9. 

By  Delegates  August  Spritzky,  Cigar- 
makers,  No.  4,  and  James  Wood,  Central 
Labor  Council,  Cincinnati : 

W hereas,  The  Cigarmakers’  International 
Union  of  America  has  in  the  past  eighteen 
years  established  the  eight-hour  day  in  all 
shops  employing  members  of  the  Cigar- 
makers’  International  Union,  and  are  still 
endeavoring  to  secure  for  its  members  union 
conditions  in  those  shops  which  have  refused 
to  recognize  the  union  bill  of  prices. 

Therefore,  be  it  Resolved,  That  all  shops 
not  complying  be  considered  non-union. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Grievances. 


Resolution  No.  10. 

By  Delegate  James  A.  Robinson  : 

Whereas,  The  General  Assembly  has  sub- 
mitted to  the  electors  of  the  State  for  adop- 
tion at  the  election  to  be  held  November  3, 
1908,  three  amendments  to  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  State  of  Ohio,  as  follows : 

(1)  To  permit  the  passage  of  a bill  over 
the  Governor’s  veto  of  two-thirds  of  the 
members-elect  of  the  General  Assembly. 

(2)  To  fix  the  date  for  convening  the 
regular  session  of  each  General  Assembly 
on  the  first  Monday  in  January  next  after 
it  is  chosen.  The  elections  are  now  held  in 
the  even  numbered  years,  the  General  As- 
sembly should  convene  on  the  first  Monday 
in  January  of  the  odd-numbered  years. 

(3)  To  classify  the  subjects  of  taxation 
in  order  to  secure  a just  return  from  each, 
and ; 

Whereas,  The  adoption  of  these  amend- 
ments  is  of  vital  importance  to  the  progress, 
prosperity  and  common  good  of  the  people 
of  Ohio ; and 

Whereas,  Assurance  should  be  given  to 
the  electors  of  the  State  that  all  taxation 
legislation  under  the  provisions  of  the  Con- 
stitution, when  amended  as  proposed,  will 
be  well-considered,  conservative,  free  from 
dictation  by  any  class  interest,  and  intelli- 
gently devised  for  the  common  good ; 

Therefore,  be  it  Resolved  by  the  Ohio 
Federation  of  Labor  in  convention  assem- 
bled, 

First — That  this  organization  approves  the 
pending  constitutional  amendments  as  sub- 
mitted to  the  electors  of  the  State  by  the 
General  Assembly. 

Second — That  all  members  of  this  organi- 
zation are  hereby  urged  to  use  their  influence 
with  their  fellow-workmen  to  work  and  vote 


for  the  adoption  of  these  amendments  at  the 
November  election. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


Resolution  No.  11. 

By  L.  W.  Geib,  Electrical  Workers,  No. 
39: 

Whereas,  The  International  Brotherhood 
of  Electrical  Workers  held  a convention  at 
St.  Louis,  beginning  September  15,  1908,  up- 
on the  call  of  a referendum  vote  of  the  mem- 
bership and  in  opposition  to  discredited 
officials ; therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we,  representatives  of  the 
rank  and  file  of  trades  unions  approve  of  the 
aforesaid  action  taken,  believing  that  the 
voice  of  the  membership  is  the  democratic 
expression  of  the  Brotherhood. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


Resolution  No.  12. 

By  L.  C.  Van  Ness,  E.  R.  Hawley  and 
John  McDonough  : 

Whereas,  It  is  apparent  that  a war  against 
labor  unionism  is  on  in  the  city  of  Akron, 
which  has  for  its  object  the  complete  disrup- 
tion of  organized  labor  by  the  foulest 
methods ; and, 

Whereas,  The  Werner  Printing  Company 
has,  in  its  antagonism  to  organized  labor, 
placed  itself  at  the  front  of  this  unfair  war 
of  extermination,  by  the  employment  of 
thugs,  spies  and  professional  trouble- 
breeders,  for  the  purpose  of  creating  viola- 
tions of  law  and  order,  and  swearing  such 
breaches  of  the  peace  onto  the  Union  men, 
in  the  hope  of  molding  popular  sentiment 
against  the  unions ; and. 

Whereas,  As  the  outgrowth  of  such 
despicable  means  and  czar-like  methods,  ser- 
ious trouble  was  at  last  precipitated,  not- 
withstanding the  constant  efforts  of  the 
unions  to  avoid  it.  A life  was  sacrificed,  and 
the  charge  of  murder  immediately  laid  upon 
two  union  men,  followed  quickly  by  every 
effort  possible  by  connivance  with  the 
county  and  city  officials  to  deprive  the  ac- 
cused of  their  rights,  even  denying  them  a 
preliminary  hearing. 

Therefore,  be  it  Resolved,  that  we,  dele- 
gates to  the  Twenty-fifth  Annual  Conven- 
tion of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor,  pledge 
to  the  union  men  of  Akron  our  hearty  co- 
operation in  securing  for  their  brothers,  jus- 
tice and  every  protection  that  the  law  af- 
fords, realizing  that  the  enemies  of  labor 
hope,  by  dragging  our  members  into  the 
courts  with  their  costly  processes,  to  over- 
power us  by  lack  of  means  for  self-defense. 


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thus  securing  easy  judgments  against  us, 
and  using  these  court  decisions  as  weapons 
against  organized  labor  to  poison  the  public 
mind. 

Resolved,  That  the  delegates  of  this  con- 
vention should  urge  similar  action  by  their 
various  locals,  to  the  end  that  notice  may  be 
served  upon  the  employing  class,  that  the 
laws  and  the  courts  shall  not  be  used  to 
trample  the  rights  of  the  working  class  under 
foot  and  render  them  injustice  instead  of 
justice. 


Resolution  No.  13. 

By  Delegates  James  H.  McGreevy,  68,  and 
Henry  Lensch,  2,  Metal  Polishers : 

To  the  Officers  and  Members  of  Ohio  State 
Federation  of  Labor  in  Convention  As- 
sembled : 

It  has  become  universally  recognized  by 
the  greatest  medical  authorities,  professional 
men,  business  men  and  philanthropic  bodies 
everywhere  that  the  ravages  of  the  great 
white  plague  (tuberculosis)  is  spreading 
throughout  this  land  at  a tremendous  rate; 
especially  amongst  the  working  class.  Labor 
unions  recognized  this  fact  long  ago,  and  to 
combat  the  advances  of  this  dread  disease 
they  untiringly  advocated  and  fought  for 
shorter  hours,  better  sanitary  conditions 
throughout  the  workshops  of  this  country ; 
and, 

Whereas,  It  has  long  been  known  by 
organized  labor  and  recently  conceded  by 
the  National  Congress  on  Tuberculosis  that 
the  workers  in  dark,  damp  departments, 
badly  ventilated  and  deprived  of  fresh  air 
and  sunlight,  prove  a fertile  field  for  the 
tubercular  bacilli ; and, 

Whereas,  Statistics  by  both  the  medical 
and  life  insurance  authorities  show  that  the 
workers  employed  in  the  so-called  “dusty 
trades”  are  even  more  susceptible  to  that 
dread  disease ; therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  Ohio  State  Federation 
of  Labor  in  convention  assembled  demand 
that  the  Department  of  Inspection  of  Work 
Shops  and  Factories  of  the  State  of  Ohio 
inspect  thoroughly  every  work  shop  and 
factory  and  insist  that  the  law  be  rigidly 
enforced  ; and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  we  demand  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Inspection  of  Work  Shops  and  Fac- 
tories of  Ohio  that  a special  inspector  be 
assigned  to  those  factories  employing  metal 
polishers,  grinders  and  buffers  and  others 
working  at  the  so-called  dusty  trades,  and 
an  inspection  made  of  those  shops  and  fac- 
tories at  least  every  six  months.  That  they 


insist  that  the  exhaust  system  meet  with 
the  letter  of  the  law  in  every  respect  and 
that  proper  tests  be  made  to  ascertain  that 
law  is  being  complied  with,  and  immediately 
prosecute  any  violation  of  the  law. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


Chas.  A.  Dille,  a member  and  attorney  of 
the  Brotherhood  of  Railway  Trainmen,  of 
Cleveland,  who  assisted  in  preparing  records 
of  candidates  for  the  Supreme  Court,  was 
introduced  by  President  Lewis. 

He  stated  that  he  had  made  an  extensive 
study  of  master  and  servants’  liability  for 
personal  injury. 

“The  Legislative  Board  of  the  Brother- 
hood of  Trainmen  has  worked  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  O.  F.  of  L.  to  compile  the 
records  of  some  of  the  members  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  Ohio. 

“All  laws  are  not  statutory ; some  are 
known  as  common  law. 

“The  judiciary  has  power  of  setting  aside 
the  laws  passed  by  the  Legislature  and 
executive,  or  modifying  same  so  as  to  work 
against  the  common  people.  For  years  the 
workers  were  fairly  treated,  but  of  late  many 
decisions  have  been  rendered  by  miscon- 
struction of  the  laws  as  intended  by  the 
makers.  The  judicial  department  of  the 
government  has  become  biased  of  late  in 
their  construction  of  law, — perhaps  not  wan- 
tonly, but  more  likely  through  the  influences 
of  their  association,  though  not  all  are  of  the 
same  mind. 

“One  of  the  greatest  evils  is  the  construc- 
tion of  the  injunction  law,  which  has  oper- 
ated detrimentally  to  organized  labor.  This 
is  most  prominently  brought  by  the  records 
of  Judges  Shauck  and  Price,  where  bias  and 
partiality  to  corporate  interests  have  become 
a notorious  feature  of  their  decisions.” 


Delegate  Max  Hayes,  of  Typographical 
Union  No.  53,  rose  to  a question  of  personal 
privilege.  Being  recognized,  he  said : “I 

understand  that  this  convention  is  to  adjourn 
at  3 :30  to  allow  the  delegates  to  visit  the 
National  Cash  Register.  This  concern  has 
been  fighting  the  eight-hour  movement,  in 
the  struggle  for  which  my  craft  has  been  en- 
gaged. I desire  to  have  this  information 
placed  before  your  body.” 

Delegate  Groeniger,  Secretary  Committee 
of  Arrangements,  says  the  fault  lay  with 
local  members  of  Typographical  Union  of 
Dayton,  as  everything  done  had  been  en- 
dorsed by  the  central  body  of  this  city.  The 
object  of  visiting  the  factory  was  that  the 


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delegates  could  go  back  to  their  locals  and 
tell  the  real  truth  about  the  institution. 

Delegate  H.  H.  Morley,  Springfield  central 
body,  also  spoke  on  the  matter. 

Motion  by  Delegate  Colnot,  duly  sec- 
onded, that  we  reconsider  our  former  action 
to  adjourn  at  3:30  p.  m.,  to  visit  National 
Cash  Register  Company.  It  was  desired  that 
the  original  motion  stand — 83  for,  72  against. 

Max  S.  Hayes,  Tom  Farrell,  Louis  Kem- 
per, M.  Goldsmith  and  others  desired  to  be 
recorded  against  the  motion. 

Reports  of  committees  were  submitted  as 
follows : 


Auditing  Committee. 

Dayton,  O.,  Oct.  14,  1908. 
To  the  Officers  and  Delegates  of  The  Ohio 

Federation  of  Labor  : 

We,  your  committee,  appointed  to  audit 
the  books  of  the  Secretary-Treasurer,  beg 
leave  to  submit  the  following  report : 

W e have  very  carefully  examined  all  the 
books,  vouchers,  et  cetera,  and  find  that  the 
same  have  been  kept  in  a very  thorough  and 
systematic  manner. 

We  further  find  that  every  dollar  of  the 
Federation’s  money  is  duly  accounted  for. 

We  further  wish  to  commend  the  Secre- 
tary-Treasurer for  the  able  and  efficient 
manner  in  which  the  accounts  of  the  Fed- 
eration have  been  taken  care  of. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

J.  A.  ROBINSON, 
AUGUST  SPRITZKY, 

T.  W.  MURLIN, 

J.  W.  GOLDSMITH, 
THEO.  McMANUS. 

On  motion,  report  of  committee  was 
adopted. 


Delegate  Margaret  E.  Grout,  for  the  Com- 
mittee on  Smoking,  reported  two  to  one  on 
her  committee  were  in  favor  of  smoking, 
and  the  principle  reason  why  she  objected 
was  the  fact  that  she  thought  she  detected 
the  odor  of  non-union  smoke.  With  assur- 
ances from  all  the  delegates  that  none  but 
union  cigars  were  smoked,  the  committee 
agreed  that  it  was  all  right. 

Report  accepted. 


Committee  on  Organization. 

We,  the  Committee  on  State  Organiza- 
tion, submit  the  following  recommendations: 

(1)  We  recommend  that  all  delegates  to 
the  present  session  of  the  O.  F.  of  L.  urge 
upon  their  respective  organizations  and  cen- 


tral bodies  the  necessity  of  affiliating  with 
the  O.  F.  of  L.  and  a special  effort  be  made 
to  this  end. 

(2)  We  further  recommend  that  the  con- 
stitution and  by-laws  be  so  changed  as  to 
give  the  President  of  the  O.  F.  of  L.  the 
power  to  appoint  organizers  for  the  O.  F. 
of  L.  in  the  different  counties  of  the  State, 
said  appointments  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Executive  Board  of  the  O.  F.  of  L.,  such 
organizer’s  term  to  expire  on  the  convening 
of  the  annual  convention. 

Said  organizers  shall  receive  50  per  cent 
of  the  application  fee  for  all  organizations 
they  succeed  in  having  become  affiliated. 

(3)  Said  organizers  shall  be  furnished 
with  a commission  and  application  blanks. 

(4)  Executive  Board  shall  have  the 
power  to  revoke  any  organizer’s  commission 
when  they  deem  it  advisable  for  the  best 
interests  of  the  O.  F.  of  L. 

HUBERT  S.  MARSHALL, 

Chairman. 

ANDREW  CRUNELLE, 
LOUIS  BEICKER, 

F.  J.  ATKINSON, 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Laws. 

Motion  that  a committee  be  appointed  on 
annual  souvenirs.  Adopted.  Committee  ap- 
pointed was  as  follows : H.  D.  Thomas, 

chairman;  F.  S.  Schoen,  John  J.  Gow,  Win. 
C.  Chace,  James  A.  Reynolds. 

Announcements  were  made  for  the  meet- 
ings of  various  committees  during  the  even- 
ing and  tomorrow  forenoon. 

Convention  then  adjourned. 

H.  I).  THOMAS,  Secy. 

Third  Day — Morning  Session 

October  15,  1908. 

The  convention  was  called  to  order  at 
9 :00  o’clock  on  Thursday  morning,  October 
15,  President  Lewis  in  the  chair. 

Resolution  No.  14. 

By  Delegates  C.  H.  Wirmel,  Engineers 
No.  18;  W.  G.  Lehnis,  United  Brewery 
Workers  No.  146,  Canton,  O. ; Clias.  Stalf. 
Local  No.  175,  Beer  Drivers  and  Stablemen’s 
Union,  Cincinnati ; Adolf  Kummer,  Brewers’ 
Local  No.  12,  Cincinnati ; O.  M.  Patterson, 
Local  No.  141,  I.  U.  and  S.  E.,  Canton,  O. : 
Frank  Verheyen,  Local  Union  No.  162,  U. 
B.  W.,  Newark.  O. ; Jacob  Spilka,  Cigar- 
makers  No.  17,  Cleveland;  I.  W.  France, 
U.  M.  W.  of  A.,  Blatchford  ; Thos.  S.  Far- 
rcl,  Waiters  No.  106,  Cleveland;  Jas.  Wood, 
Central  Labor  Council,  Cincinnati;  Louis 


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Biecker,  I.  B.  of  S.  F.,  Nos.  2,  49,  128;  C.  H. 
Wirmel,  I.  U.  S.  E.,  Local  No.  18,  Cincin- 
nati ; Maier  Schwarz,  Clothing  Cutters  and 
Trimmers  No.  100,  Cincinnati ; Thos.  Mc- 
Manus, Coopers’  Union  No.  59,  Cincinnati; 
John  F.  Mayer,  Co-Operative  Trades  and 
Labor  Council,  Hamilton;  Wm.  Blum, 
Woodworkers  No.  89,  Cincinnati ; Frank  In- 
walle,  Woodworkers  No.  212,  Cincinnati ; 
Charles  W.  Hoffmann,  Wood  Workers  No. 
158,  Cincinnati ; Ed  McEachern,  Cooks  No. 
167,  Cleveland ; Geo.  F.  Miles,  Branch  106, 
G.  B.  B.  A.;  Chas.  Bente,  Bartenders  No. 
68,  Cincinnati ; Harry  Lowe,  Local  Union 
No.  31,  N.  B.  of  Potters;  Albert  G.  Erbs, 
Brewers’  Local  Union  No.  83,  Hamilton ; 
John  Bingham,  Branch  No.  24,  G.  B.  B.  A., 
Newark;  Peter  Jenal,  Brewers  No.  17, 
Cleveland  ; George  B.  Prehm,  Beer  Bottlers 
No.  147,  Columbus ; Geo.  Oeffler,  Beer 
Drivers  No.  202,  Columbus;  Michael  Braun, 
Brewery  Workers,  Columbus;  Geo.  H.  Peg- 
ler,  Beer  Drivers  Local  Union  No.  91,  Cleve- 
land; Geo.  H.  Pegler,  Beer  Bottlers  and  Bot- 
tle Beer  Drivers  No.  164,  Cleveland;  C. 
Tracy,  Beer  Drivers  and  Stablemen  No.  204, 
Youngstown ; Thomas  Nichols,  C.  L.  U., 
Alliance ; Stephen  Bruner,  Engineers  No. 
91  ; Aug.  Spritzky,  Cigarmakers  No.  4,  Cin- 
cinnati; C.  Kicherer,  No.  199,  U.  B.  W.  of 
A.,  Cincinnati ; Michael  Goldsmith,  Bar- 
tenders Local  No.  103;  A.  J.  Holt,  Bottle 
Blowers,  Branch  27,  Reading;  C.  Bright, 
Engineers  No.  114,  Cincinnati. 

Whereas,  The  labor  movement  of  this 
State  includes  such  craftsmen  as  bakers, 
barbers,  carpenters,  carriage  and  wagon 
workers,  elevator  constructors,  engineers, 
firemen,  steam  and  hot  water  fitters,  freight 
handlers,  garment  workers,  glass  bottle 
blowers,  hod  carriers  and  building  laborers, 
horseshoers,  iron,  steel  and  tin  workers, 
lathers,  laundry  worers,  machinists,  meat 
cutters  and  butchers,  mine  workers,  mu- 
sicians, painters  and  decorators,  plumbers 
and  gas  fitters,  teamsters,  wood  workers, 
brewers,  bartenders,  tobacco  workers, 
printers,  cooks,  waiters  and  hotel  cafe  and 
lunch  counter  employes  as  well  as  other 
crafts  not  mentioned ; all  banded  together 
for  the  general  uplift  and  advancement  of 
the  men  and  women  who  toil ; and 

Whereas,  Every  one  of  the  referred  to 
crafts  would  manifest  deep  interest  in  ques- 
tions affecting  their  future  welfare  were  the 
subject-matter  offered  in  such  form  as  to 
direct  their  attention  to  proposed  restriction 
of  their  employment,  or  prevention  or  pro- 


hibition of  the  articles  that  they  are  engaged 
in  producing;  and 

Whereas,  Every  craft  and  trade  mentioned 
in  the  foregoing  would  be  affected  by  the 
wholesale  discharge  of  trade  union  workmen 
as  is  contemplated  in  the  campaign  of  so- 
called  Prohibitionists;  that  few  of  the  men- 
tioned trades  but  what  are  directly  or  indi- 
rectly engaged  in  producing  that  which  is 
utilized  by  the  establishments  where  bever- 
ages are  brewed,  distilled,  or  sold, 

Therefore  be  it  Resolved,  That  we  are 
thoroughly  opposed  to  any  legislation  that 
does  not  contemplate  the  right  to  live  and 
labor  under  just  and  proper  conditions,  giv- 
ing to  each  citizen  the  freedom  guaranteed 
to  him  by  the  constitution  of  the  land ; that 
he  may  worship  where  he  pleases  and  in  his 
own  way ; that  he  may  eat  and  drink  that 
which  he  believes  is  best  for  himself,  and 
not  what  fanatical  reformers  may  permit 
him  to  enjoy. 

Resolved,  That  this  organization  does  en- 
ter its  most  emphatic  protest  against  any 
further  tampering  with  state  and  municipal 
laws  that  have  for  their  purpose  the  closing 
of  such  establishments,  and  the  prevention 
of  making  or  vending  the  products  of  brew- 
eries, distilleries  and  vineyards. 

Resolved,  That  we  hereby  appeal  to  our 
membership  throughout  the  State  to  decline 
to  vote  or  aid  in  any  manner  whatever  any 
party  or  organization  that  has  for  its  pur- 
poses the  restriction  of  the  rights  and  per- 
sonal liberty  of  the  men  and  women  of  the 
State,  or  those  who  may  become  such  here- 
after. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


Resolution  No.  15. 

By  Delegate  James  A.  Reynolds. 

We,  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor,  in 
convention  assembled,  do  hereby  endorse 
the  demand  of  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor,  which  calls  for  the  amendment  of  the 
Sherman  Act,  so  that  labor  organizations 
shall  not  be  classed  in  the  same  category 
as  trusts,  as  well  as  the  demand  that  the 
laws  be  so  amended  as  to  prevent  the  issuing 
of  injunctions,  .in  labor  disputes,  where  no 
injunction  would  be  granted  if  no  labor 
dispute  existed,  and  we  hereby  call  upon 
the  members  of  the  Ohio  Federation  to 
use  every  honorable  effort  to  bring  about 
the  enactment  into  law,  of  the  amendments 
above  mentioned. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


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Resolution  No.  16. 

By  Delegate  Maier  Schwartz,  Clothing 
Cutters  No.  100. 

Whereas,  The  constitutionality  of  the  R. 
Reynolds  Label  law  is  now  being  attacked 
in  the  courts  at  Cleveland ; and, 

Whereas,  It  is  of  the  greatest  importance 
to  union  labor  that  this  law  be  upheld ; 
therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  incoming  Executive 
Board  be  instructed  to  protect  said  law 
in  the  courts.  Respectfully  submitted, 
MAIER  SCHWARZ. 

Clothing  Cutters’  and  Trimmers’  Local  No. 
100,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Labels. 


Resolution  No.  17. 

By  Delegate  Margaret  Edwards  Grout. 

Whereas,  The  Kroger  Grocery  and  Bak- 
ing Company,  having  156  stores  in  Cincin- 
nati, Hamilton  and  Dayton,  and  catering 
especially  to  the  working  people ; and, 

Whereas,  The  Kroger  Grocery  and  Baking 
Company  has  been  repeatedly  visited  and 
asked  to  carry  union-made  goods  in  stock, 
such  as  brooms,  brushes,  Hour,  etc.,  and  to 
employ  union  drivers,  union  butchers  and 
union  clerks,  and  has  in  each  instance  em- 
phatically and  violently  refused,  using  these 
words,  “The  Kroger  Grocery  and  Baking 
Company  does  not  care  a d — for  unions  or 
union  labels” ; therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  members  of  organized 
labor  be  asked  to  reciprocate  the  expressed 
sentiments  of  the  Kroger  Grocery  and  Bak- 
ing Company. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Labels. 


Resolution  No.  18. 

By  Delegates  P.  J.  Doll,  Edw.  A.  Coop- 
er, M.  V.  Conkle,  John  L.  Bauer,  William 
Hubbell  and  J.  H.  Sharritt. 

To  the  Officers  and  Delegates  of  the  Ohio 

Federation  of  Labor: 

We,  the  delegates  to  this  the  twenty-fifth 
annual  convention  of  the  O.  I7,  of  L.,  repre- 
senting the  J.  B.  I.  U.  of  A.,  do  hereby  re- 
quest the  endorsement  of  the  following  reso- 
lutions : 

Whereas,  The  barbers  of  Ohio  have  for 
a number  of  years  worked  for  a law  to  regu- 
late the  barber  trade ; and 

Whereas,  The  trade  is  being  overrun  by 
incompetent  barbers,  turned  out  by  so-called 
barbers’  schools;  and 

Whereas,  The  business  is  sadly  in  need 
of  sanitary  conditions,  because  of  the  lack 
of  regulations ; and 


Whereas,  The  State  is  being  flooded  by 
barbers,  driven  from  other  states  where 
license  laws  exist;  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  By  the  O.  F.  of  L.,  in  conven- 
tion assembled,  that  we  go  on  record  as 
being  in  favor  of  and  willing  to  assist  in  the 
enactment  of  a law  to  regulate  the  sanitary 
conditions  of  barber  shops,  the  apprentice- 
ship for  entering  the  trade,  and  the  examina- 
tions for  competency  in  workmanship. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 

Delegate  W.  G.  Richards  stated  that  inso- 
far as  there  was  no  business  on  the  table 
that  the  convention  could  go  ahead  with 
moved  that  convention  proceed  with  the 
election  of  officers.  The  motion  was  duly 
seconded  and  carried. 

First  Vice  President  Rumsey  in  the  chair, 
called  for  nominations  for  President. 

Delegate  August  Smith  nominated  Llew- 
ellyn Lewis. 

Delegate  O.  M.  Patterson  nominated 
Thos.  H.  Farrell. 

Roll  call  showed  following  result : Lewis 
212,  Farrell  109. 

The  chair  declared  Llewellyn  Lewis  dulv 
elected  President  for  the  ensuing  year. 


Communication. 

To  the  Delegates  of  this  Convention  : 

During  my  unavoidable  absence  from  the 
convention  this  morning,  some  delegate, 
without  my  knowledge  or  consent,  placed 
my  name  before  the  convention  as  a can- 
didate for  the  office  of  President,  and  with 
all  due  respect  to  said  delegate  who  nomi- 
nated me,  I desire  to  say  at  this  time  that  I 
was  not  a candidate  for  any  office  and  desire 
to  have  it  so  recorded  on  the  minutes  of  this 
convention.  THOS.  S.  FARRELL. 

On  motion  this  record  of  fact  was  ordered 
placed  in  the  minutes. 

For  First  Vice  President,  Delegate  F. 
Sanders  nominated  Thomas  Rumsey.  Nom- 
inations were  closed  and  Rumsey  elected  by 
acclamation. 

Second  Vice  President — Delegate  Wm. 
Tateman  nominated  E.  L.  Hitchens. 

Delegate  Jas.  Wood  nominated  Chas. 
Wirmel. 

Roll  call : Result  of  vote,  Hitchens  219, 

Wirmel,  101. 

The  chair  declared  Delegate  E.  L.  Hitch- 
ens duly  elected  Second  Vice  President. 

Third  Vice  President — Delegate  M.  Gold- 
smith nominated  A.  J.  Crouse. 

Delegate  Lee  Rankin  nominated  John 
Moore. 


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Delegate  Jas.  A.  Reynolds,  on  behalf  of 
Brother  Crouse,  withdrew  his  name  and 
Delegate  John  Moore  was  elected  by  ac- 
clamation. 

Fourth  Vice  President — Delegate  Wm.  A. 
Lamb  was  elected  by  acclamation. 

Fifth  Vice  President — Delegate  Thomas 
Rumsey  nominated  A.  J.  Crouse. 

Delegate  John  Moore  nominated  L.  C. 
Van  Ness. 

Roll  call  result  of  vote — Van  Ness  177. 
Crouse  139. 

The  chair  declared  Brother  L.  C.  V an 
Ness  duly  elected  fifth  Vice  President. 

Secretary  Treasurer — Delegate  Max  S. 
Hayes  nominated  FT.  D.  Thomas.  On  mo- 
tion of  E.  L.  Hitchens,  Secretary  was  in- 
structed to  cast  the  unanimous  ballot  of  the 
convention  for  Thomas.  Chairman  declared 
Mr.  Thomas  elected. 

Delegate  to  A.  F.  of  L. — Delegate  Harry 
D.  Thomas  nominated  Jas.  A.  Reynolds. 

Delegate  Lee  Rankin  nominated  T.  W. 
Rowe.  Roll  call  result  of  ballot — Rowe  169, 
Reynolds  147j4. 

Chair  declared  Brother  Rowe  elected  dele- 
gate to  the  A.  F.  of  L. 

Whilst  the  Secretary  was  counting  the 
ballot  the  chair,  on  request  of  Delegate 
Hayes,  called  for  the  introduction  of  reso- 
lutions. 


Resolution  No.  19. 

Bv  Delegates  Wm.  Tateman,  Boot  and 
Shoe  Workers’  Union  No.  68;  R.  H.  Bus- 
trum,  No.  139;  W.  F.  Jack,  No.  210. 

Whereas,  The  shoe  industry  of  the  State 
of  Ohio  is  one  of  the  largest  industries  in 
the  State,  and  is  very  largely  confined  to 
the  manufacture  of  women’s  and  children’s 
shoes ; and 

Whereas,  Only  three  factories  in  the 
State  of  Ohio  are  using  the  union  stamp 
of  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Workers’  Union; 
therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  this  convention  of  the 
Ohio  State  Federation  of  Labor  urge  upon 
all  affiliated  central  bodies  and  local  unions 
to  assist  in  creating  a better  demand  for  the 
union  stamp  of  the  Boot  and  Shoe  Work- 
ers’ Union  upon  women’s  and  children’s 
shoes,  to  the  end  that  this  condition  of  af- 
fairs may  be  speedily  remedied. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Labels. 


Resolution  No.  20. 

By  Delegates  of  American  Flint  Glass 
Workers’  Union. 

To  the  Officers  and  Delegates  of  the  25th 
Annual  Convention  of  the  O.  F.  of  L. : 
Whereas,  The  Macbeth-Evans  Glass  Com- 
pany, a trust  having  headquarters  in  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.,  and  factories  at  Charleroi,  Pa. ; 
Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Elwood,  Ind. ; Marion,  Ind., 
and  Toledo,  O.,  declared  for  an  open  shop 
policy  and  locked  out  the  members  of  the 
American  Flint  Glass  Workers’  Union;  and 
Whereas,  The  principal  part  of  said 
trust’s  product  is  lamp  chimneys,  an  article 
used  almost  entirely  by  the  working  people ; 
therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  delegates  to  this,  the 
25th  convention  of  the  O.  F.  of  L.,  endorse 
the  position  of  the  A.  F.  G.  W.  U.  in  their 
lockout,  and  that  we  appeal  to  all  purchasers 
of  glass  lamp  chimneys  to  patronize  the  pro- 
duct of  union  labor. 

Report  to  Grievance  Committee. 


Resolution  No.  21. 

By  Delegate  L.  W.  Geib : 

Whereas,  The  Electrical  Workers  of  this 
State,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Legislative 
Committee,  have  endeavored  to  secure  the 
passage  of  a bill  to  license  all  competent 
electrical  workers  in  the  State  of  Ohio,  to 
safeguard  the  lives  of  the  people,  and  failed 
to  secure  the  enactment  of  such  a law ; there- 
fore, be  it 

Resolved,  That  this  Ohio  Federation  of 
Labor,  through  its  Legislative  Committee, 
pledges  itself  to  continue  to  support  the 
Electrical  Workers  to  secure  the  enactment 
of  the  license  law  demanded. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


Resolution  No.  22. 

By  Delegate  M.  S.  Hayes. 

Whereas,  The  International  Typographic- 
al Union  has  been  engaged  in  a struggle  to 
inaugurate  the*  eight-hour  day  and  the  prin- 
ciple of  recognition  of  organized  labor;  and 

Whereas,  Among  the  most  bitter  oppon- 
ents of  the  shorter  workday  and  union  recog- 
nition have  been  the  publishers  of  the 
Ladies’  Home  Journal,  Saturday  Evening 
Post  and  Butterick’s  Patterns;  therefore,  be 
it 

Resolved,  That  the  convention  of  the  O. 
F.  of  L.  hereby  condemns  the  said  unfair 
Ladies’  Home  Journal,  Saturday  Evening 
Post  and  Butterick  Patterns,  and  instructs 


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the  delegates  to  inform  their  memberships. 
Referred  to  Committee  on  Grievances. 


Resolution  No.  23. 

By  Delegate  Max  S.  Hayes. 

Resolved,  That  we  recommend  to  the 
workers  of  Ohio  that  they  march  together 
to  the  ballot-box  on  election  day  as  they 
march  together  on  Labor  Day,  that  they 
vote  as  they  strike,  and  for  men  and  parties 
of  their  own  class,  to  the  end  that  an  un- 
bridled plutocracy  now  in  control  of  this  na- 
tion’s institutions  may  be  overthrown  and  an 
industrial  democracy  substituted  as  the  rul- 
ing power,  so  that  this  republic  may  be  per- 
petuated; and  be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  we  call  upon  the  forth- 
coming Federation  of  Labor  convention  to 
take  the  initiative  in  calling  a national  con- 
ference to  be  composed  of  representatives 
from  affiliated  and  friendly  international  un- 
ions, State  Federations,  the  Farmers’  Unions 
and  the  Socialist  party  for  the  purpose  of 
considering  the  advisability  of  inaugurating 
a political  movement  independent  of  the 
present  dominant  parties  and  in  line  with 
the  powerful  parties  composed  of  and  con- 
trolled by  our  fellow-workers  in  Europe  and 
Australia. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


Resolution  No.  24. 

By  Delegate  Max  S.  Hayes. 

Whereas,  The  International  Typographic- 
al Union  is  engaged  in  a nation  wide  move- 
ment to  secure  the  placing  of  the  union  label 
on  all  printed  matter ; therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  this  twenty-fifth  conven- 
tion of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  heart- 
ily endorses  the  movement  inaugurated  by 
the  printers,  and  instructs  the  delegates  to 
request  all  members  of  their  unions  to  urge 
those  whom  they  patronize  and  who  have 
printing  done  to  have  the  union  label  placed 
on  such  matter. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Labels. 


Resolution  No.  25. 

By  Delegate  Max  S.  Hayes,  Cleveland. 

Whereas,  There  are  many  communities 
in  the  State  of  Ohio  in  which  there  are  suf- 
ficient non-union  printers  to  form  local  un- 
ions subordinate  to  the  International  Typo- 
graphical Union  ; therefore  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we,  delegates  assembled 
in  this  twenty-fifth  convention  of  the  O.  F. 
of  L.,  hereby  pledge  ourselves  to  give  all 
moral  support  within  our  power  to  the  of- 


ficers of  the  International  Typographical 
Union  to  form  locals  of  printers  in  cities  and 
towns  where  no  such  unions  exist  at  the 
! present  time. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Organization. 


Committee  on  Officers’  Reports. 

Your  Committee  on  Officers’  Reports  begs 
leave  to  submit  the  following : 

On  President’s  report  we  heartily  concur 
in  that  part  of  the  report  in  regard  to  our 
State  organization  and  the  Child  Labor  bill. 

Your  committee  concurs  in  that  part  of 
the  President’s  report  in  regard  to  the  Un- 
ion Label,  as  the  label  is  our  strongest  wea- 
pon. Your  committee  urges  the  delegates 
to  use  their  influence  in  its  behalf. 

We  approve  of  that  part  of  the  President’s 
report  in  regard  to  the  Women’s  Union  La- 
bel League. 

Your  committee  also  concurs  in  the  Presi- 
dent’s report  in  regard  to  the  Initiative  and 
Referendum  and  the  Employers’  Liability 
bill. 

Your  committee  also  concurs  in  the  Presi- 
dent’s report  in  regard  to  organization,  and 
would  recommend  that  the  Committee  on 
Constitution  give  it  their  favorable  consid- 
eration. Would  also  recommend  that  the 
Constitution  Committee  amend  our  consti- 
tution so  that  our  organizers  will  all  have 
the  same  kind  of  credentials. 

Your  commtitee  finds  that  it  is  very  evi- 
dent, from  the  report  of  the  President,  that 
he  has  discharged  his  duties  during  the  year 
with  great  ability  and  fidelity. 

Your  committee  has  carefully  examined 
the  report  of  our  Secretary-Treasurer,  and 
we  find  his  report  shows  the  result  of  care- 
ful work  and  executive  ability,  and  we  com- 
mend him  for  the  manner  in  which  he  has 
conducted  the  affairs  of  his  office  and  t lie 
great  financial  gain  made  during  the  year. 

Your  committee  heartily  endorse  the  cus- 
tom established  by  the  present  Executive 
Board  in  submitting  their  report.  We  be- 
lieve it  is  a great  improvement  over  the  old 
custom  of  making  their  reports. 

Your  committee  concurs  in  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  Executive  Board  in  reference 
to  Machinist  Union  No.  105,  of  Toledo,  Ohio. 

We  commend  the  Executive  Board  and 
those  who  assisted  them  in  their  successful 
effort  in  procuring  the  passage  of  the  Child 
Labor  law,  and  we  condemn  in  the  strong- 
est terms  the  methods  used  by  the  Manu- 
facturers’ Association  in  their  efforts  to  de- 
feat the  Child  Labor  bill  and  all  other  labor 
measures. 


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Your  committee  also  concurs  in  the  Exe- 
cutive Board’s  report  in  regard  to  the  laws 
to  be  asked  for  from  the  Legislature  that  is 
to  convene  in  1909. 

In  closing  this  report,  your  committee  con- 
gratulates the  Executive  Board  members  for 
the  able,  efficient  and  conscientious  manner 
in  which  they  have  discharged  their  duties 
during  the  past  year. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

FRANK  SANDERS, 
Chairman. 
JOHN  MOORE, 

LEE  RANKIN,  Secy. 

Secretary  called  attention  to  the  fact  that 
the  committee  had  failed  to  make  mention 
of  that  part  of  the  Executive  Board’s  report, 
commending  and  congratulating  James  A. 
Reynolds,  representative  from  Cuyahoga 
County,  for  his  good  work  in  securing  the 
passage  of  labor  legislation  at  the  last  ses- 
sion of  the  Legislature. 

Chairman  Frank  Sanders  said  that  the 
committee  did  not  intentionally  or  otherwise 
intend  to  slight  Brother  Reynolds  in  the 
report,  as  no  one  appreciated  the  work  done 
by  Delegate  Reynolds  more  than  the  mem- 
bers of  the  committee,  but  as  they  were 
dealing  with  officers’  reports,  they  consid- 
ered it  their  duty  to  strictly  confine  their 
report  to  the  officers. 

Report  adopted. 

Secretary  announced  the  ballot  on  dele- 
gate to  A.  F.  of  L. 

Motion  was  made  to  hear  Herbert  S.  Bige- 
low, Secretary  Direct  Legislation  League  of 
Ohio,  for  fifteen  minutes  at  3 o’clock  p.  m. 
Carried. 

Session  then  adjourned  until  2 o’clock. 


October  15,  1908. 

Convention  called  to  order  by  President 
Lewis. 

Resolutions  lying  on  the  Secretary’s  desk 
were  then  read  before  the  convention  in  the 
following  order : 


Resolution  No.  26. 

By  Delegate  William  C.  Groeniger, 
Plumbers  No.  162. 

To  the  Officers  and  Delegates  of  the  Ohio 

Federation  of  Labor: 

Whereas,  The  harvest  from  defective 
plumbing  is  typhoid  fever,  diphtheria,  pneu- 
monia, scarlet  fever,  consumption,  and  kin- 
dred diseases ; and  that  sanitary  plumbing 
means  health,  progress  and  development, 
and  that  too  much  attention  cannot  be  given 
to  the  proper  installation  of  plumbing  in  fac- 


tories, public  buildings,  etc. ; therefore,  be  it 
Resolved,  That  the  Ohio  Federation  of 
Labor,  through  its  Legislative  Committee, 
aid  and  assist  in  the  passage  of 

A Bill 

To  create  the  office  of  state  inspector  of 
plumbing,  defining  the  duties  of  the  of- 
fice, fixing  the  compensation  of  the  incum- 
bent thereof,  providing  for  an  appropria- 
tion for  the  necessary  expense  in  connec- 
tion therewith,  and  fixing  a penalty  for  the 
violations  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
act. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  General  Assembly  of 
the  State  of  Ohio : 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  and  is  hereby 
established  and  created  in  this  State  the  of- 
fice of  State  Inspector  of  Plumbing  under 
the  direction  and  supervision  of  the  State 
Board  of  Health. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, within  ten  days  after  the  passage  and 
approval  of  this  act  to  appoint  an  elector  of 
this  State  to  fill  the  office  of  State  Inspector 
of  Plumbing,  for  a term  of  two  years,  and 
to  hold  office  until  such  a time  as  his  suc- 
cessor may  be  appointed  and  qualified.  The 
person  so  appointed  must  be  a practical  san- 
itary plumber  with  at  least  ten  years’  ex- 
perience as  such. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
Inspector  of  Plumbing  to  annually,  or  as 
often  as  instructed  by  the  State  Board  of 
Health,  to  inspect  any  and  all  public  or  pri- 
vate institutions,  sanitariums,  hospitals, 
schools,  prisons,  factories,  workshops,  or 
places  where  men,  women  and  children  are 
or  might  be  employed,  and  to  condemn  any 
and  all  unsanitary  or  defective  plumbing 
that  may  be  found  in  connection  therewith, 
and  to  order  such  changes  in  the  method  of 
construction  of  the  drainage  and  ventilation, 
as  well  as  the  arrangement  of  the  plumbing 
appliances  as  may  be  necessary  to  insure  the 
safety  of  the  public  health. 

Section  4.  He. shall  hold  himself  in  readi- 
ness at  any  and  all  times  to  go  to  any  part 
of  the  state  if  so  directed  by  the  state  board 
of  health,  for  the  purpose  of  making  a sani- 
tary inspection  of  any  building  or  other  place 
that  they  have  reason  to  believe  is  in  such 
a condition  as  to  be  a menace  to  the  public 
health.  He  is  not  to  interfere  with  the  ac- 
tions of  local  inspectors  of  plumbing  in  cities 
where  such  are  employed,  except  in  cases 
where  the  same  is  ordered  by  the  state  board 
of  health  or  is  requested  by  the  local  board 
of  health  of  the  city,  village  or  township ; 
but  in  all  cases  where  questions  of  sanita- 


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tion  may  arise  such  local  inspectors  of 
plumbing  will  be  subservient  to  said  state 
inspector  of  plumbing. 

Section  5.  When  any  building  is  found 
to  be  in  a sanitary  condition,  or  when 
changes  which  are  ordered  in  the  plumbing, 
drainage  or  ventilation  have  been  made  and 
after  a thorough  inspection  and  approval  by 
said  inspector  of  plumbing,  he  shall  issue  a 
certificate  signed  by  himself  and  counter- 
signed by  the  state  board  of  health,  which 
must  be  posted  in  a conspicuous  place  for  the 
benefit  of  the  public  at  large.  Upon  notifi- 
cation by  said  inspector,  said  certificate  shall 
be  revoked  for  any  violation  of  this  act. 

Section  6.  For  each  inspection  and  certif- 
icate so  issued  he  shall  charge  a fee  of  five 
dollars  ($5.00),  such  fee  to  be  turned  into 
the  state  treasury. 

Section  7.  Within  ten  days  after  his  ap- 
pointment, the  said  inspector  shall  file  with 
the  attorney  general,  a bond  in  the  sum  of 
five  thousand  dollars  ($5,000.00),  subject  to 
his  approval,  the  same  to  be  deposited  witlj 
the  secretary  of  state. 

Section  8.  The  inspector  so  appointed 
shall  not,  during  his  term  of  office,  be  en- 
gaged or  interested  in  the  plumbing  business 
or  the  sale  of  any  plumbing  supplies,  nor 
shall  he  act  as  agent,  directly  or  indirectly 
for  any  person  or  persons  so  engaged. 

Section  9.  He  shall  receive  for  his  ser- 
vices a salary  of  two  thousand  dollars  ($2,- 
000.00)  per  annum,  payable  monthly,  and  all 
necessary  expenses,  the  same  not  to  exceed 
five  hundred  ($500)  per  annum. 

Section  10.  He  shall  have  the  power  be- 
tween sunrise  and  sunset  to  enter  any  habi- 
tation where  he  has  good  and  sufficient  rea- 
son to  believe  that  the  sanitary  condition  of 
such  premises  is  such  as  to  endanger  the 
public  health,  for  the  purpose  of  making 
such  inspection  as  may  be  necessary  to  as- 
certain the  condition  of  the  same. 

Section  11.  He  shall  report  quarterly  to 
the  state  board  of  health  the  condition  of  all 
premises  inspected  by  him  ; also  the  number 
of  inspections  and  the  changes  ordered,  as 
well  as  any  other  information  in  connection 
with  his  office,  that  they  may  require. 

Section  12.  He  shall  be  provided  with  a 
suitable  office  by  the  secretary  of  state  in 
the  city  of  Columbus,  as  well  as  with  all 
necessary  apparatus  for  making  tests  and 
such  stationery  as  the  business  of  his  office 
may  require. 

Section  13.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any 
owner,  agent  or  manager  of  any  habitation 
where  an  inspection  is  ordered  by  said  in- 


spector of  plumbing  to  cause  or  have  the 
entire  system  of  drainage  and  ventilation  re- 
paired, as  he  may  direct,  for  such  inspection. 
After  due  notice  to  prepare  such  work  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  said  owner,  agent  or 
manager  to  notify  said*  inspector  of  plumb- 
ing that  such  work  is  ready  for  his  inspec- 
tion. Failing  to  have  work  ready  for  in- 
spection at  specified  time  of  such  notice,  he 
will  be  subject  to  such  penalty  as  is  here- 
inafter provided  for. 

Section  14.  The  test  provided  for  such 
work  shall  consist  of  filling  the  entire  sys- 
tem of  drainage  and  ventilation  with  cold 
water,  or  subjecting  the  same  to  a smoke 
test  with  a pressure  of  ten  pounds  to  the 
square  inch,  or  in  cases  where  it  is  not  prac- 
ticable to  use  either  the  above-mentioned 
tests,  what  is  known  as  the  peppermint  test 
may  be  used. 

Section  15.  There  shall  be  appropriated 
out  of  any  funds  in  the  treasury  not  other- 
wise appropriated,  the  sum  of  five  thousand 
dollars  ($5,000.00),  to  be  used  for  the  main- 
tenance of  this  office,  two  thousand  five  hun- 
dred dollars  ($2,500.00)  for  the  year  , 

and  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars 
($2,500)  for  the  year . 

Section  16.  Any  person  or  persons, 
owner,  agent  or  manager  refusing,  failing  or 
neglecting  to  comply  with  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a misdemeanor  and  subject  to  a fine  not 
less  than  ten  or  more  than  one  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  upon  failure  or  refusal  of  any  such 
person  or  persons,  owner,  agent  or  manager, 
to  pay  said  fine  or  costs  according  to  the 
order  of  the  court,  then  such  person  or  per- 
sons, owner,  agent  or  manager  shall  be  im- 
prisoned in  the  county  jail  not  less  than  ten 
(10)  days  nor  more  than  thirty  (30)  days. 

Section  17.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
inspector  of  plumbing,  upon  receipt  of  the 
knowledge  that  any  part  of  this  act  has  been 
violated,  to  go  before  any  justice  of  the 
peace  and  cause  the  arrest  and  prosecution 
of  all  persons  of  whom  he  has  reason  to  be- 
lieve are  guilty  of  such  violation. 

Section  18.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in 
conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Resolutions. 


Resolution  No.  27. 

By  Delegates  E.  R.  Ball,  Geo.  L.  Rich- 
ardson, Elias  Breidenbach,  W.  O.  Chace,  C. 
W.  Hoflfmann,  Erank  Imwalle,  Wm.  Blum, 
Thos.  McManus,  Fred  W.  Hccht,  C.  Bright, 
Wm.  Schneberger,  W illiam  Hubbell. 

Add  Sec.  11  to  Art.  7.  Any  officer  or 


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officers  of  this  Federation  who  attempt,  as 
such  officer  or  officers,  in  any  manner  what- 
ever to  modify  or  annul,  by  public  expres- 
sion or  communications,  any  of  the  acts  done 
or  position  taken  by  this  Federation  when  in 
convention  assembled,  either  after  the  close 
of  said  convention,  or  during  the  intermis- 
sion between  the  annual  session  of  this  Fed- 
eration, without  first  obtaining  the  consent, 
by  a referendum  vote,  of  the  organizations 
affiliated,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  insub- 
ordination, and  upon  satisfactory  proof  be- 
ing furnished  to  the  Executive  Board,  said 
officer  or  officers  shall  be  suspended  from 
office. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Constitution. 


Resolution  No.  28. 

By  Delegates  W.  O.  Chace,  Elias  Breiden- 
bach,  Frank  Imwalle,  C.  W.  Hoffman,  C. 
Bright,  Wm.  Schneberger,  William  Hubbell, 
Herbert  H.  Morley,  Maier  Schwarz,  John  F. 
Mayer. 

Amend  Sec.  1,  Art.  1.  Insert  after  the 
word  constitution  in  fifth  line,  however,  only 
such  delegates  shall  be  recognized,  admitted 
and  seated  that  represent  a bona  fide  trade 
or  labor  union  working  under  a charter 
granted  by  a national  or  international  union 
affiliated  with  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor,  or  working  under  a charter  from  the 
A.  F.  of  L.  Any  local  union  that  has  been 
suspended  by  its  national  or  international 
union  cannot  become  a member  of  this  Fed- 
eration or  retain  its  membership  therein ; 
nor  shall  any  Central  Labor  Union  Federa- 
tion or  Council  be  allowed  representation 
that  refuses  to  obey  the  mandates  of  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor,  officially 
proclaimed  by  the  Executive  Council  or 
order  of  the  American  Federation  in  con- 
vention assembled. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Constitution. 


Resolution  No.  29. 

By  Delegate  Wm.  C.  Groeniger. 

Resolved,  That  Sec.  1,  of  Art.  2,  be 
amended  to  read : 

This  Federation  shall  meet  annually  on 
the  second  Monday  in  October,  at  10  a.  m., 
at  such  place  as  may  have  been  decided  up- 
on at  the  previous  session. 

Referred  to  Committee  on  Constitution. 

Motion  to  name  city  for  next  meeting. 
Carried. 

At  request  of  Delegate  Rumsey,  the  fol- 
lowing communications  were  read: 

Toledo,  O.,  Oct.  10,  1908. 
To  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor,  care 


Harry  D.  Thomas,  Secretary : 

Greeting: — The  Toledo  trade  unionists  ex- 
tend a hearty  and  open-handed  welcome  to 
our  commonwealth’s  organized  wage 
earners,  and  we  ask  that  you  meet  in  this 
city  next  year. 

Come  to  Toledo. 

Come  to  the  city  that  marks  time  for  Ohio 
trade  unionism,  whose  workers  are  vigilant, 
intelligent,  hopeful  and  progressive. 

Our  invitation  is  not  perfunctory — it 
comes  from  the  heart,  and  we  urge  you  to 
be  with  us,  that  next  year’s  progress  may 
be  recounted  in  a city  permeated  with  a pro- 
test atmosphere  and  crowded  with  deter- 
mined men  willing  to  do  their  share  in  the 
extension  of  those  brotherhood  and  social 
service  principles  that  must  ultimately  pre- 
vail. 

The  organized  workers  of  this  city  predict 
that  Toledo  will  be  the  first  American  mu- 
nicipality to  recognize  trades  unionism  as 
an  integral  part  of  society. 

You  can  speed  the  day  by  your  influence 
and  your  prestige,  and  I herewith  extend  the 
official  invitation  of  the  Toledo  Central 
Labor  Union. 

With  best  wishes  for  the  continued 
growth  and  usefulness  of  the  Ohio  Federa- 
tion of  Labor,  and  again  urging  you  to  be 
with  us  next  year,  I am, 

Fraternally, 

JAMES  P.  EGAN, 
President  Toledo  Central  Labor  Union. 

THOMAS  RUMSEY,  Secretary. 

Toledo,  Oct.  10,  1908. 
Harry  D.  Thomas,  Esquire, 

Secretary  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor, 
Columbus,  Ohio. 

My  Dear  Sir : — I am  told  by  friends  that 
an  effort  is  being  made  to  induce  the  Ohio 
Federation  of  Labor  to  hold  its  annual  con- 
vention in  the  city  of  Toledo,  and  I write 
this,  in  the  first  place,  officially  to  invite  the 
Federation  to  meet  in  this  city  in  1909,  and 
I trust  you  will  honor  us  with  your  presence 
at  that  time. 

It  is  a peculiar  pleasure  to  me  personally 
to  extend  this  invitation  to  the  State  organi- 
zation of  workers ; it  is  a pleasure  because 
to  me  the  cause  of  the  workers  is  the  cause 
of  liberty,  the  cause  of  democracy,  the  cause 
of  humanity  throughout  the  world.  The 
civilization  which  we  have  developed  falls 
short  of  the  high  ideal  of  equality  and  broth- 
erhood for  the  very  simple  reason  that  the 
workers  of  the  world  do  not  get  that  which 
they  produce,  and  I am  anxious  to  do  my 
part  in  bringing  about  a state  of  society  in 


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which  every  man  will  get  all  that  he  pro- 
duces ; indeed,  when  the  time  comes  that 
the  workers  do  get  all  that  they  produce, 
then  there  will  be  no  question  of  opportunity 
for  all  to  work ; we  shall  have  industrial 
liberty,  as  we  now  have  political  liberty.  I 
think  that  change  is  to  come  in  our  society, 
and  that  it  is  to  come  largely  out  of  the 
trades  union  movement,  a movement  which 
is  fundamentally  democratic  and  has  equal- 
ity as  its  ideal,  and,  in  a way,  furnishes  a 
model  of  that  brotherly  society  into  which 
the  world  is  to  develop  when  we  have  de- 
vised a system  of  distribution  which  will  in- 
sure his  own  to  each  man.  In  this  sense, 
then,  the  trades  union  movement  seems  to 
be  the  hope  of  humanity  and  the  hope  of  the 
world. 

This,  in  some  degree,  will  give  you  the 
reason  why  I take  a peculiar  pleasure  in  in- 
viting the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  to  come 
to  Toledo  in  1909.  I think  I can  say  to  your 
members  that  they  will  find  in  Toledo  a 
spirit  of  tolerance,  of  freedom,  of  liberality 
and  good  will  which  will  provide  for  their 
meeting  a most  congenial  atmosphere,  and 
I trust  that  you  will  honor  us  by  accepting 
this  invitation,  which  comes  from  our  heart 
of  hearts. 

Yours  very  sincerely, 

BRAND  WHITLOCK,  Mayor. 
Mr.  Llewellyn  Lewis,  President  Ohio  Fed- 
eration of  Labor,  Dayton  Ohio. 

Dear  Sir : — It  is  with  great  pleasure  that 
we  invite  you,  on  behalf  of  the  business  in- 
terests of  Toledo,  to  hold  the  next  conven- 
tion of  your  Association  in  this  city.  We 
assure  you  that  your  welcome  will  be  cordial 
and  that,  with  all  the  business  you  may 
transact,  you  will  find  here  plenty  of  oppor- 
tunity for  that  pleasure  which  is  to  be  ex- 
pected on  such  occasions. 

Toledo  i«  centrally  located,  easy  of  access 
from  every  direction,  the  hotel  accommoda- 
tions are  first-class,  and  we  earnestly  hope 
that  you  will  accept  our  invitation. 

With  best  wishes  we  are 

Sincerely  yours, 

TOLEDO  CHAMBER  OF  COMMERCE. 

G.  B.  Storer,  Secretary. 

October  10,  1908. 

Motion  by  Delegate  Max  S.  Hayes  that 
the  invitation  of  the  city  of  Toledo  be  ac- 
cepted. Carried. 

Motion  made  to  elect  an  alternate  to 
American  Federation  of  Labor.  Carried. 

Nominees:  Jas.  A.  Reynolds  (declined), 

Llewellyn  Lewis  (declined),  W.  G.  Rich- 
ards, Carbondale,  was  then  elected  by  ac- 


clamation. 

By  M.  Goldsmith — 1 ask  the  chair  if  the 
expense  will  not  be  doubled  by  the  election 
of  an  alternate. 

President  Lewis — This  convention  always 
decides  what  the  delegates  shall  be  allowed 
for  expenses. 

The  chair  then  announced  that  Delegate 
Hitchens  desired  the  floor  for  an  announce- 
ment. 

Delegate  Hitchens  spoke  briefly  upon  the 
life  and  services  of  Joe  Heberle,  and  stated 
that  a board  of  trustees  had  been  appointed 
at  the  request  of  the  Hack  and  Cabmen.  A 
book  by  Brother  Hitchens,  dedicated  to 
Brother  Heberle,  containing  a portrait  of 
him,  entitled  “The  Bible  and  Labor,”  was 
on  sale  in  the  vestibule,  a percentage  of 
which  would  be  devoted  to  the  memorial 
fund,  and  he  requested  the  delegates  to  as- 
sist in  providing  for  Heberle  a memorial 
drinking  fountain  in  one  of  the  Cincinnati 
public  parks. 

President  Lewis  then  introduced  Rev. 
Herbert  S.  Bigelow. 

Mr.  Bigelow — Mr.  President,  your  intro- 
ductory of  me  reminds  me  of  a statement 
that  I sometimes  make,  that  before  I became 
a preacher  I earned  an  honest  living  on  the 
farm.  (Laughter.)  A preacher  should  be 
a walking  delegate-at-large  to  plead  the 
cause  of  labor. 

Mr.  Bigelow  went  on  to  say  that  the  Ini- 
tiative and  Referendum  could  be  made  suc- 
cessful through  the  work  of  organized  labor. 

He  said  he  had  pledges  of  both  Republican 
and  Democratic  candidates  in  24  counties ; 
35  other  counties  have  pledges  of  men  who 
we  know  will  be  elected,  making  59.  Ham- 
ilton county  Democrats  pledged  in  writing. 
Republicans  not  yet.  Franklin  county  sena- 
tors not  yet  pledged.  This  time  labor  leaders 
caught  the  manufacturers  napping,  ai  d they 
are  now  trying  to  counteract  the  effect  of 
the  pledges. 

Thanks  delegates  and  officers  for  the  sup- 
port given  in  this  movement.  The  question 
at  issue  is  this,  “The  man  afraid  to  trust  the 
people  does  not  deserve  to  be  trusted  by  the 
people.” 

By  Delegate  James  A.  Reynolds. 

Resolved,  That  the  Ohio  Federation  of 
Labor  endorses  the  action  of  its  executive 
officers  in  demanding  of  all  legislative  can- 
didates a pledge  to  support  without  change 
or  amendment  the  initiative  and  referendum 
resolution  drafted  by  said  officers  and  ap- 
proved by  the  Ohio  Direct  Legislation 
League,  and 


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Resolved  further,  That  the  members  of 
organized  labor  in  every  locality  be  urged 
to  ascertain,  without  delay,  the  attitude  of 
their  legislative  candidates,  and  to  make 
their  utmost  effort  to  defeat  those  who  re- 
fuse to  sign  this  referendum  pledge. 

On  motion,  adopted. 

Communication  read  from  Delegate  Thos. 
S.  Farrell.  (See  election  of  officers,  morning 
session.) 

Chairman  Margaret  Edwards  Grout,  for 
the  Committee  on  Labels,  reported  the  fol- 
lowing resolutions : 

Resolution  No.  1. 

By  Delegate  Maier  Schwarz. 

On  motion  concurred  in. 

Committee  recommended  adoption. 


Resolution  No.  4. 

By  Delegate  Margaret  Edward  Grout. 
Committee  recommended  Secretary-Treas- 
urer furnish  copies  of  this  resolution  to  all 
central  bodies  and  their  affiliated  unions. 
Motion  to  adopt  recommendations  carried. 


Resolution  No.  5. 

By  Delegate  Robert  D.  Lensch. 
Committee  recommends  adoption. 
Motion  to  concur  adopted. 


Resolution  No.  16. 

By  Delegate  Maier  Schwartz. 
Committee  recommends  adoption. 
Motion  to  concur  adopted. 


Resolution  No.  17. 

By  Delegate  Margaret  Edwards  Grout. 
Committee  recommends  adoption. 

On  motion,  concurred  in. 


Resolution  No.  19. 

By  Delegates  Wm.  Tateman,  B.  H.  Bus- 
trum  and  W.  T.  Jack. 

Committee  recommend  adoption. 

On  motion,  concurred  in. 


Resolution  No.  24. 

By  Delegate  M.  S.  Hayes. 

Committee  recommends  adoption. 

On  motion,  concurred  in. 

Motion  to  adjourn,  as  no  committees  are 
ready  to  report. 

Amended  adjourn  half  hour.  Committees 
instructed  to  make  partial  report. 


Substitute  amendment  to  adjourn  until  7 
o’clock.  Hall  cannot  be  had  for  the  evening. 

Motion  amended  to  8 o’clock  a.  m.,  Friday. 
Carried. 

Adjourned  4 p.  m. 

H.  D.  THOMAS,  Secretary. 


Fourth  Day— Morning  Session 

October  16,  1908. 

The  convention  was  called  to  order  at  8 
o’clock  Friday  morning,  October  16,  1908, 
President  Lewis  in  the  chair. 

Communication  was  read  from  Toronto, 
Canada,  requesting  the  assistance  of  the 
Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  in  bringing  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor  convention  of 
1909  to  Toronto,  Canada. 

Referred  to  Delegate  T.  W.  Rowe  and 
Alternate  W.  G.  Richards. 

Delegate  H.  H.  Morley,  Secretary  of  Com- 
mittee on  Constitution,  reported  as  follows : 
Report  of  Constitution  Committee. 

To  the  Officers  and  Delegates  of  the  O.  F. 

of  L.: 

Your  Committee  on  Constitution  herewith 
presents  the  following  report  on  the  amend- 
ments submitted  to  them : 

On  the  matter  referred  from  the  Organi- 
zation Committee  we  recommend  the  adop- 
tion of  their  recommendation,  to  be  effected 
as  follows : 

Amend  Section  1,  Article  7,  by  inserting 
after  President  ex-officio  of  the  Executive 
Board,  the  following:  “He  shall  appoint  in 
each  city  or  town  having  five  or  more  local 
unions,  one  organizer,  whose  special  duty  it 
shall  be  to  urge  upon  the  local  unions  in  his' 
town  or  city  the  interests  of  the  State  Fed- 
eration, and  urge  their  affiliation  with  this 
organization.  Such  organizers  shall  be  ap- 
pointed as  soon  as  possible  after  the  adjourn- 
ment of  the  annual  convention,  and  shall 
hold  office  until  the  convening  of  the  next 
session.  The  appointment  of  such  organizers 
shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Board,  and  they  shall  be  furnished 
with  a commission  signed  by  the  President 
and  Secretary.”  Strike  out  the  sentence  in 
the  section  now  covering  this  subject. 

Substitute  for  Section  8,  Article  7,  the  fol- 
lowing new  section  : 

Sec.  8.  Organizers  appointed  by  the 
President,  as  provided  in  Section  1,  Article 
7,  shall  receive  fifty  (50)  per  cent  of  the 


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affiliation  fee  paid  in  by  those  organizations 
whose  membership  they  shall  secure. 

Motion  to  adopt.  Carried. 

By  Delegate  Wm.  C.  Groeniger. 

To  the  Officers  and  Delegates  to  the  Ohio 

Federation  of  Labor: 

Resolved,  That  Section  1,  Article  2,  be 
amended  to  read : 

This  Federation  shall  meet  annually  on 
the  second  Monday  in  October,  at  10  a.  m., 
at  such  place  as  may  have  been  decided  up- 
on at  the  previous  session. 

Committee  recommends  nonconcurrence. 

Motion  to  adopt  committee’s  report.  Car- 
ried. 

By  Delegate  Harry  D.  Thomas. 

Amend  Section  1,  Article  4,  to  read  as  fol- 
lows : 

Any  organization  failing  to  pay  its  per 
capita  tax,  for  a period  of  six  months,  shall 
be  notified  of  such  arrearages  by  the  Secre- 
tary-Treasurer, and  if  not  paid  within  thirty 
days  such  organization  shall  be  suspended. 
Organizations  to  be  reinstated  shall  pay 
$5.00  and  six  months  back  per  capita  tax. 

Committee  recommends  adoption. 

Motion  to  concurr  in  report  of  committee. 
Carried. 

By  Delegate  H.  D.  Thomas. 

Amend  Section  1,  Article  3,  to  read  as  fol- 
lows : 

The  revenue  of  the  Ohio  Federation  shall 
be  derived  from  local  unions,  who  shall  pay 
per  capita  tax  of  one-half  cent  per  member, 
per  month,  to  be  paid  quarterly,  and  from 
Central  Labor  Unions,  who  shall  pay  five 
dollars  per  year,  to  be  paid  quarterly;  but 
no  organization  shall  pay  less  than  25c  per 
month.  The  initiation  fee  of  all  unions  shall 
be  $2.00. 

Committee  recommends  adoption. 

Motion  to  concur  in  report  of  committee. 
Carried. 

By  Delegate  H.  D.  Thomas. 

Amend  Section  2,  Article  3,  by  adding  the 
following : 

Central  Labor  Unions  shall  be  allowed  one 
vote.  A central  body  and  one  local  union, 
or  two  local  unions  of  the  same  craft  may 
joint  in  electing  a delegate,  the  amount  of 
per  capita  tax  paid  by  both  unions  to  de- 
termine the  number  of  votes  the  delegates 
may  cast. 

Section  6.  The  books  of  the  Federation 
shall  close  for  affiliation  at  the  end  of  the 
fiscal  year,  September  30,  and  no  union  shall 
be  entitled  to  representation  in  the  conven- 
tion that  has  not  become  a member  and  paid 


at  least  three  months  per  capita  tax  before 
that  date. 

Committee  recommends  adoption. 

Motion  to  adopt  committee’s  report. 

Delegate  Breidenbach  moved  to  amend 
striking  out  three  months  and  inserting  six 
months. 

Amendment  lost  and  report  of  committee 
adopted. 

By  Delegates  W.  O.  Chace  and  E.  Brei- 
denbach. 

Amend  Section  1,  Article  1 : 

Insert  after  the  word  constitution,  in  fifth 
line : However,  only  such  delegates  shall 

be  recognized,  admitted  and  seated  who  rep- 
resent a bona  fide  trade  or  labor  union  work- 
ing under  a charter  granted  by  a national  or 
international  union  affiliated  with  the  Amer- 
ican Federation  of  Labor,  or  working  under 
a charter  from  the  A.  F.  of  L.  Any  local 
union  that  has  been  suspended  by  its  na- 
tional or  international  union  cannot  become 
a member  of  this  Federation,  or  retain  its 
membership  therein,  nor  shall  any  Central 
Labor  Union  Federation  or  Council  be  al- 
lowed representation  that  refuses  to  obey  the 
mandates  of  the  American  Federation  of 
Labor,  officially  proclaimed  by  the  Executive 
Council  or  by  order  of  the  American  Federa- 
tion in  convention  assembled. 

Committee  recommends  nonconcurrence. 

Motion  to  nonconcur  in  report  of  commit- 
tee and  committee’s  recommendation.  Lost. 

Report  of  committee  adopted. 

Delegates  Breidenbach  and  Biecker  re- 
quested to  be  recorded  as  voting  no  on  adop- 
tion of  committee’s  report. 

Secretary  Ralph  Mason,  for  the  Resolu- 
tions Committee,  submitted  report  as  fol- 
lows : 


Resolution  No.  6. 

To  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor. 
Committee  recommends  that  this  resolu- 
tion be  placed  on  table.  Carried. 


Resolution  No.  7. 

Committee  recommends  its  adoption. 
Motion  to  concur  in  report  of  committee. 
Carried. 


Resolution  No.  8. 

By  Delegate  Thomas  F.  Bannon. 

Resolved,  By  the  O.  of  F.  L.,  that  they 
do  all  in  their  power  to  pass  a law  for  the 
appointment  of  inspectors  of  street  and  elec- 
tric railroads  of  Ohio. 

Committee  recommends  adoption. 

Motion  to  concur.  Carried. 


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Resolution  No.  10. 

Committe  recommends  adoption. 
Motion  to  concur.  Carried. 


Resolution  No.  11. 

Committee  recommends  that  matter  be 
referred  to  the  Executive  Board. 

Motion  to  concur  in  recommendation  of 
committee.  Carried. 


Resolution  No.  12. 

Committee  recommends  adoption. 

Delegates  Van  Ness  and  Hayes  spoke  and 
described  in  forcible  language  the  conditions 
imposed  on  these  brothers  since  their  arrest. 

Motion  to  concur  in  recommendation  of 
committee.  Carried. 

Delegate  Van  Ness  requested  permission 
to  distribute  cards,  delegates  to  contribute 
such  amount  as  they  may  see  fit  to  the  de- 
fense of  these  brothers.  Request  granted. 

Motion  that  in  addition  to  this  the  Ohio 
Federation  of  Labor  donate  $100  to  the  de- 
fense of  Brothers  Brehn  and  Giffen.  Car- 
ried. 


Resolution  No.  25. 

Committee  recommends  adoption  of  reso- 
lution. 

Concurred  in. 


Resolution  No.  13. 

Committee  recommends  that  resolutions 
as  amended  be  concurred  in. 

Motion  to  adopt  report  of  committee. 
Carried. 


Resolution  No.  21. 

Committee  recommends  that  resolution  be 
referred  to  Executive  Board. 

Motion  to  concur  in  report  of  committee. 
Carried. 


Resolution  No.  18. 

Committee  recommends  that  this  resolu- 
tion be  referred  to  the  Executive  Board  for 
action. 

Motion  to  concur  in  report  of  committee. 
Carried. 


Resolution  No.  26. 

Committee  recommends  to  refer  to  Execu- 
tive Board  for  action. 

Motion  to  concur.  Carried. 


Resolution  No.  23. 

Committee  recommends  nonconcurrence 
in  this  resolution. 

Motion  that  recommendation  of  committee 
be  adopted. 

Motion  by  Delegate  Ebenezer  Jones  that 
the  whole  subject  matter  be  tabled,  lost.  Roll 
call  vote,  137  for,  170  against. 

Delegate  E.  L.  Hitchens  moved,  and 
Thomas  Nichols  seconded,  that  this  conven- 
tion empower  the  President  to  appoint  a 
special  committee,  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  Executive  Board,  to  take  up  this  mat- 
ter of  the  unity  of  labor  upon  the  political 
field  to  protect  our  interests  in  that  essential 
regard ; that  we  ask  that  that  committee’s 
report  be  sent  to  every  organization  in  the 
State  to  secure  its  sentiments  and  to  ask 
them  to  debate  this  subject  among  them- 
selves and  protect  the  interests  of  labor,  and 
then  to  make  a report  at  the  next  conven- 
tion of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor,  to 
which  we  may  look  with  confidence  that  it 
shall  be  one,  not  drawn  upon  the  spur  of 
the  moment,  or  acted  upon  in  a moment,  as 
we  are  trying  to  do  today. 

During  the  discussion  of  Resolution  23 
the  convention  adjourned  at  12  m. 


Afternoon  Session 

The  convention  convened  at  2 p.  m.,  Pres- 
ident Lewis  in  the  chair. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Resolu- 
tions was  continued. 

The  Secretary  read  the  motion  of  E.  L. 
Hitchens  on  Resolution  No.  23.  After  some 
discussion  the  motion  of  Delegate  Hitchens 
was  carried. 

Resolution  No.  14  was  then  read  by  the 
Resolutions  Committee. 

Resolution  No.  14. 

Your  committee,  after  careful  considera- 
tion of  this  resolution,  believes  it  not  to  be 
a proper  subject  for  this  convention  to  take 
up.  The  moral  rights  of  man  and  his  self- 
independence cannot  be  abridged,  and  we 
are  a unit  to  not  concur  in  this  resolution, 
and  do  recommend  that  the  same  be  not 
adopted. 

Motion  to  concur  in  report  of  committee. 

These  resolutions  were  discussed  at  some 
length  by  Delegates  Kemper,  Jas.  C.  Wood, 
Max  S.  Hayes,  Hitchens,  Rankin,  Wirmel, 
Goldsmith,  Voll  and  Lewis.  (These  speeches 
will  be  published  in  full  in  the  proceedings.) 

Delegate  Hitchens  offered  the  following 
substitute : 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


Resolved,  That  we  oppose  any  legislation 
that  will  throw  out  of  employment  hundreds 
or  thousands  of  our  workers  unless  such 
legislation  provides  the  opportunity  for  these 
workers  to  earn  a livelihood  equal  to  the 
conditions  and  remuneration  they  formerly 
enjoyed. 


Roll  Call  on  Resolution  No.  14. 

Yes — Conkle,  Bauer,  Tateman,  Bustrum, 
Jack,  Wilkinson,  Van  Ness,  Hawley,  High- 
field,  Pitt,  Morley,  Thomas,  .Athy,  Greer, 
Pat  Wickham,  Bennett,  Dooley,  Austin, 
Smith,  Gebhard,  Jackson,  Lewis,  Greer, 
Mitchell,  Herbert,  Lewis,  Williams,  Byrum, 
Dennison,  Doerr,  France,  Smith,  A.  V. 
Smith,  Pat  Wickham,  Mason,  Linn,  Rocco, 
Dobrowski,  Noel,  E.  Thomas,  Sturgill,  Bucy, 
Norris,  Risdon,  Harper,  A.  Moore,  Edwards, 
Rankin,  Schwartz,  D.  S.  Richards,  J.  W. 
Goldsmith,  Jones,  Ashton,  Armitage,  Linn, 
Morgan,  Allen,  Trott,  J.  Moore,  W.  G.  Rich- 
ards, J.  Moore,  Ball,  Robinson,  Van  Ness, 
Lamb,  Bannon,  Allison,  Getz,  Wilkinson, 
Dunaway,  Hitchens,  Ballard,  Morehouse, 
Hoffman,  Mrs.  Grout.  Total  vote — 167. 

No — Hubbell,  Sharrett,  Doll,  Behrer, 
Riegler,  Erhs,  Stalf,  Miller,  Braun,  Meier, 
Northrup,  Hirzel,  Lienhart,  Kicherer, 
Prehm,  Verheyen,  Tracy,  Kummer,  Kemper, 
Colnot,  Dietrich,  Pegler,  Janel,  Lehnis, 
Lavor,  Steinback,  Peffler,  Lensch,  Gold- 
smith, Bente,  Eggleston,  Click,  Graney, 
Schneberger,  Spritsky,  Spilker,  Allum,  Rum- 
sey,  Chace,  Nichols,  Smally,  Martin,  Wood, 
Mayer,  McManus,  Schwarz,  McEachern, 
Miss  Hogan,  Bowersox,  Geib,  Gillis,  Schoen, 
Powers,  Flynn,  Edwards,  Hackett,  Gow, 
Bingham,  Voll,  Muhleman,  Miles,  Holt,  Miss 
Schoen,  Marshall,  Harris,  O’Neal,  Kanouse, 
Anderson,  Doyle,  Hager,  Schilling,  Bucka- 
lew,  Lensch,  Rother,  McGreevy,  Dennee, 
Lowe,  T.  M.  Woods,  Breidenbach,  Groen- 
iger,  Lynn,  Hecht,  Sanders,  Jackman,  Lott, 
Patterson,  Wirmel,  Bruner,  Ackers,  Lam- 
bur,  Bright,  Grimshaw,  Lynch,  Dequasie, 
Sauer,  Biecker,  Curry,  Hayes,  Brais,  Im- 
walle,  Hoffman,  Blum,  Farrell.  Total  vote 
-149#. 

At  the  close  of  roll  call  vote  upon  Resolu- 
tion No.  14,  Delegate  Wirmel  arose  to  a 
question  of  personal  privilege. 

Chair  announced  that  hour  of  adjourn- 
ment had  arrived. 

Motion  to  continue  in  session  one  hour. 
Amended  to  recess  to  7 :00  p.  m. 

Motion  carried. 


Mr.  Wirmel:  I want  to  make  our  case 

clear  to  this  convention.  As  a delegate  to 
this  convention  I think  I have  a right  to  re- 
sent some  of  the  charges  that  have  been 
made  against  bona  fide  delegates  in  prev- 
ious declarations  on  the  floor.  I want  to 
say  that  I,  as  representing  the  engineers,  do 
certainly  regret  the  treatment  that  we  have 
received  at  the  hands  of  this  convention.  I 
believe  there  has  been  some  arbitrary  ruling 
done  here  today ; I have  attended  numerous 
conventions  of  the  O.  F.  of  L.,  also  other 
labor  organizations,  but,  my  friends,  I never 
saw  the  time  when  the  chair  would  usurp 
his  office  in  order  to  get  up  and  attack  indi- 
viduals. I never  saw  the  time  when  the 
Vice  Chairman  would  attempt  to  rule  arbi- 
trarily—— - 

At  this  point  Chairman  Lewis  sounded  the 
gavel  and  called  the  delegate  to  order. 

Delegate  Wirmel : Mr.  Chairman,  if  we 

can’t  get  justice  here,  we  know  where  we 
can  get  it.  Come  on,  let’s  get  out  of  here. 

A number  of  the  delegates  from  the  Brew- 
ery Workers,  Firemen,  Engineers,  Hotel  and 
Restaurant  Employes,  and  Glass  Bottle 
Blowers  left  the  hall  with  Delegate  Wirmel. 

Resolution  by  P.  J.  Doll,  relative  to  can- 
didates for  S'upreme  Court  judges,  not  taken 
up,  as  it  is  already  covered  by  officers’  re- 
ports. Secretary  called  attention  to  the  fact 
that  there  was  no  mention  of  this  matter  in 
Committee  on  Officers’  report. 

President  Lewis  stated  the  Executive 
Board  had  printed  50,000  circulars  that  had 
been  mailed  to  each  union  in  the  State,  with 
the  records  of  the  candidates  for  Judges  of 
Supreme  Court,  and  if  there  was  no  objec- 
tion this  convention  now  goes  on  record  en- 
dorsing the  action  of  the  Executive  Board. 
Carried. 


Committee  on  Constitution  Continued  Its 
Report. 

Amend  Section  2,  Article  3,  by  adding  the 
following : 

Central  Labor  Unions  shall  be  allowed  one 
vote.  A central  body  and  one  local  union, 
or  two  local  unions  of  the  same  craft,  may 
join  in  electing  a delegate.  W here  the  dele- 
gate represents  a central  body  and  a local 
union,  lie  shall  be  entitled  to  one  vote  for 
the  central  body,  and  such  votes  for  the  local 
union  as  it  shall  be  entitled  to  by  the  per 
capita  paid.  Where  the  delegate  represents 
I two  loca1  unions,  the  total  per  capita  tax 


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69 


paid  by  both  unions  shall  determine  the 
number  of  votes  the  delegate  casts. 

Committee  recommends  adoption. 

Motion  to  adopt.  Carried. 

By  Delegates  Ball,  Breidenbach  and 
others. 

Add  Section  11  to  Article  7: 

Any  officer  or  officers  of  this  Federation 
who  attempt,  as  such  officer  or  officers,  in 
any  manner  whatever  to  modify  or  annul, 
by  public  expression  or  communications,  any 
of  the  acts  done  or  position  taken  by  this 
Federation  when  in  convention  assembled, 
either  after  the  close  of  said  convention  or 
during  the  intermission  between  the  annual 
sessions  of  this  Federation,  without  first  ob- 
taining the  consent,  by  a referendum  vote, 
of  the  organizations  affiliated,  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  insubordination,  and  upon 
satisfactory  proof  being  furnished  to  the 
Executive  Board,  said  officer  or  officers  shall 
be  suspended  from  office. 

Committee  recommends  that  it  be  not 
adopted. 

Concurred  in. 

The  committee  further  recommends  as 
follows : 

Strike  out  Section  1,  Article  8,  Trans- 
portation Committee. 

Renumber  Sections  2,  3,  4,  5,  6 and  7, 
making  them  1,  2,  3,  4,  5 and  6,  respectively. 

Add  two  new  sections,  as  follows : 

Sec.  7.  The  Label  Committee,  to  consist 
of  five  members,  shall  receive  and  report  up- 
on all  matters  pertaining  to  union  labels  in- 
troduced at  the  convention. 

Sec.  8.  The  Committee  on  Legislation,  to 
consist  of  five  members,  shall  receive  and  re- 
port upon  all  bills  and  other  matters  per- 
taining to  existing  and  contemplated  legisla- 
tion that  may  be  introduced  at  the  conven- 
tion. The  powers  and  duties  of  this  com- 
mittee shall  cease  with  the  adjournment  of 
the  convention. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

P.  J.  DOLL,  Chairman, 
HERBERT  H.  MORLEY,  Secy., 
W.  A.  ALLEY, 

JOHN  HERBERT, 

WM.  HOFFMAN. 

Committee  recommends  adoption. 

Motion  to  concur.  Carried. 


Additional  Report  of  Committee  on  Officers’ 
Reports. 

Your  committee  recommend  that  some 
action  be  taken  on  the  application  of  Local 
No.  5,  National  Stogie  Makers’  League  of 
America,  who  desire  to  become  affiliated 
with  this  body,  but  owing  to  a protest  being 
filed  by  the  Cigarmakers’  Union  No.  17,  of 
Cleveland,  the  application  was  held  in  abey- 
ance. 

FRANK  SANDERS, 
JOHN  MOORE, 

LEE  RANKIN. 

Delegate  Smalley  explained  matter. 

Referred  to  Executive  Board. 


Delegate  O.  M.  Patterson  requested  that 
an  error  in  minutes  of  previous  day  be  cor- 
rected. Chares  Wirmel,  and  not  he,  nomi- 
nated Thos.  Farrell  for  President. 


Resolution  No.  15. 

Committee  on  Resolutions  recommends 
adoption. 

Motion  to  adopt  report. 

After  some  discussion  by  Delegates  Den- 
nee,  Hayes,  Reynolds,  Rankin  and  Thomas, 
Delegate  Rankin  moved  an  amendment  that 
it  be  referred  to  the  Executive  Board. 

Amendment  was  lost. 

The  motion  then  carried. 

Delegates  Ballard,  A.  G.  Richards,  Lensch, 
Smalley  and  Dennee  requested  to  be  re- 
corded as  voting  no. 

By  Delegate  James  H.  McGreevy. 

Whereas,  Metal  goods,  such  as  razors, 
shoemakers’  knives,  cigarmakers’  knives, 
butcher  knives,  brass  and  silver  trimmings, 
including  brewery  supplies,  saloon  fixtures, 
etc.,  and  brass  band  instruments,  can  be  se- 
cured with  the  union  label  of  the  Metal  Pol- 
ishers, Bufifers,  Platers,  Brass  Molders, 
Brass  and  Silver  Workers’  Union  of  North 
America ; be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  twenty-fifth  annual 
convention  of  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor 
recommends  to  the  affiliated  bodies  that  they 
assist  in  creating  a demand  for  such  goods, 
and  that  their  members  refrain  from  patron- 
izing stores,  firms,  barber  shops,  etc.,  that 
do  not  show  their  sympathy  by  carrying  a 
stock  of  such  goods. 

Motion  made  to  adopt.  Carried. 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


Secretary  Val  Kanouse,  for  the  Commit- 
tee on  Grievances,  reported  as  follows : 

Resolution  No.  20. 

Committee  recommends  its  adoption. 
Motion  to  concur.  Carried. 


Resolution  No.  9. 

Motion  to  concur  in  report  of  committee 
adopted. 

Resolution  No.  22. 

Committee  recommended  adoption.  Car- 
ried. 

Resolution  No.  3. 

Committee  recommends  adoption  as 
amended. 

Motion  to  concur  adopted. 


Resolution  No.  2. 

Committee  recommends  adoption  as 
amended.  Carried. 

At  the  close  of  the  Report  of  the  Griev- 
ance Committee,  Secretary  Thomas  said : 

I want  to  move,  Mr.  Chairman,  that  the 
thanks  of  this  convention  be  extended  to  the 
Central  Labor  Organization  and  its  Arrange- 
ments Committee  in  Dayton  for  the  fine  ar- 
rangements that  have  been  made  here  for 
this  meeting,  for  the  courtesies  extended, 
and  on  the  whole  making  this  session  bet- 
ter than  we  have  ever  had  in  the  history  of 
the  organization  before,  and  I think  our 
thanks  should  be  extended  by  a rising  vote, 
voicing  the  heartiest  approval  that  we  pos- 
sibly can  to  Brother  Kanouse,  Brother 
Chace,  Brother  Groeniger,  and  all  the  other 
gentlemen,  and  as  Secretary  of  this  Federa- 
tion I cannot  say  too  much  for  the  good 
work  they  have  done. 

The  motion  was  duly  seconded  and  carried 
unanimously  by  a rising  vote. 

Communication  from  Akron  central  body 
relative  to  strike  at  the  Werner  Printing 
Company.  Matter  had  already  been  acted 
upon  by  convention  in  a former  resolution. 

Delegate  Marshall : Mr.  Chairman,  there 

has  been  some  talk  among  the  delegates  that 
there  should  be  something  done  by  this  con- 
vention to  show  the  appreciation  of  the  work 
done  by  Brother  James  A.  Reynolds  in  the 
last  Legislature.  I therefore  move  that  the 


Executive  Board  be  requested  to  draw  up  a 
set  of  resolutions  and  that  they  be  engrossed, 
framed  and  presented  to  the  Hon.  James  A. 
Reynolds  for  the  services  rendered  to  the 
laboring  people  of  this  State. 

By  doing  this  we  go  on  record  as  show- 
ing our  appreciation  of  his  good  work,  and 
will  honor  and  assist  him  during  his  cam- 
paign for  re-election,  which  is  now  going  on. 

The  motion  was  duly  seconded. 

Acting  Chairman  Hitchens : I trust  the 

rising  vote  will  be  unanimous.  All  in  favor 
of  that  resolution  will  please  rise  to  their 
feet. 

The  motion  was  carried  unanimously  by 
a rising  vote,  every  delegate  standing. 

Mr.  Hitchens:  I congratulate  Brother 

Reynolds. 

Mr.  Reynolds  : The  motion  is  entirely  un- 
necessary, but  I appreciate  it  very  much.  I 
want  to  say  this : There  has  been  a rumor 

afloat  that  I said  I was  going  to  get  even 
with  the  miners ; these  stories  are  absolutely 
unfounded ; I am  not  that  kind  of  a laboring 
man.  I don’t  think  it  is  necessary  for  me 
to  say  this,  but  I have  been  approached  twice 
today  and  asked  if  I made  that  statement. 
I want  the  miners  to  know  that  there  is 
nothing  in  it.  I am  not  that  kind  of  a boy, 
and  will  be  found  at  next  session  of  the 
Legislature,  if  elected,  working  just  as  hard 
for  the  passage  of  legislation  to  benefit  the 
miners  as  I did  last  session.  (Applause.) 

Mr.  Hitchens : Before  this  convention 

closes  I desire  to  say  that  I hope,  as  one 
of  the  Executive  Board,  to  do  everything 
to  bring  together  organized  labor  in  this 
State.  I am  very  sorry  that  our  brothers 
have  withdrawn  from  this  convention.  I 
hope  that  we  shall  do  everything  possible  as 
individuals,  everything  we  can  as  officers,  to 
try  to  bring  those  brothers  back  into  the 
Federation,  for  the  sake  of  organized  labor. 
I will  do  my  share,  and  I trust  that  we  shall 
have  peace  and  good  will  throughout  the 
work  of  the  labor  movement  in  this  State. 
(Applause.) 

President  Lewis : I have  something  to 

say.  The  Secretary  of  State,  Hon.  Carmi  S. 
Thompson,  has  sent  to  this  convention  one 
hundred  copies  of  the  last  laws  passed  by  the 
Legislature,  and  I move  that  the  Secretary 
be  instructed  to  thank  Col.  Thompson  for 
sending  th  se  copies  to  the  convention. 

The  motion  was  duly  seconded  and  car- 
ried. 


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71 


Delegate  Reynolds : Mr.  Chairman,  I 

think  that  there  has  been  something 
omitted;  I don't  think  any  provision  has 
been  made  for  the  expenses  of  the  delegate 
to  the  A.  F.  of  L.  convention,  and  I move 
that  the  Secretary-Treasurer  be  instructed 
to  write  out  a check  to  the  delegate  to  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor  convention, 
allowing  him  $8  a day  and  railroad  fare,  the 
same  as  I was  allowed. 

The  motion  was  seconded  and  carried. 

Delegate  Pitt,  Deputy  Organizer  of  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor,  installed  the 
officers-elect. 

Secretary  Thomas : As  Secretary  I am 

going  to  be  with  you  all  year,  corresponding 
right  along,  and  I would  like  every  delegate, 
not  only  to  particularly  pledge  himself  to 
do  his  best,  but  to  make  up  his  own  mind 
that  he  is  going  to  have  the  officers  who 
have  been  elected  build  up  this  State  Fed- 
eration of  Labor  this  year  second  to  none  in 
the  country.  (Applause.) 

President  Lewis : I wish  to  thank  the 

delegates  and  to  say  that  I shall  be  as  ear- 
nest and  as  energetic  as  possible  to  build 
up  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor.  I will 
get  in  closer  touch  with  the  labor  organiza- 
tion this  next  year  than  I have  the  last,  for 
the  reason  that  I have  got  some  organizers 
appointed  and  am  in  communication  with 
them  all  the  time.  I hope  to  see  the  Ohio 
Federation  of  Labor  next  year  in  better  con- 
dition than  this  year. 

Is  there  anything  further  to  come  before 
this  convention? 

A Delegate : We  would  like  to  hear  from 
the  rest  of  the  officers. 

First  Vice  President  Rumsey  absent,  hav- 
ing left  for  Cincinnati. 

Second  Vice  President  Hitchens : I can- 

not make  you  a long  speech,  but  I pledge 
you  my  word  and  my  efforts  that  I will  do 
everything  I can  as  long  as  I live  to  sustain 
the  cause  of  the  worker.  That  has  been  my 
record  in  the  past,  and  it  will  be  in  the  fu- 
ture. 

Third  Vice  President  Moore : I don’t 

think  it  would  be  necessary  for  me  to  do 
anything  very  much  the  coming  year.  All 
of  the  rest  of  the  officers  are  going  to  do  so 
much  work  that  there  won’t  be  anything 
left  for  me  to  do.  All  I have  to  say  at  this 
time  is  this,  that  every  delegate  here  pres- 
ent make  himself  a committee  of  one  to  be 
at  the  Toledo  convention,  and  when  you  get 
home,  start  just  the  minute  you  arrive  and 


arrange  so  that  you  can  attend  the  meeting 
at  Toledo  next  year,  and  if  you  do  that,  there 
won’t  be  any  question  about  the  size  of  the 
Toledo  convention,  or  the  good  work  to  be 
done.  The  work  the  next  year  is  up  to  the 
rank  and  file,  and  the  Ohio  Federation  of 
Labor  will  be  just  what  we  make  it.  If  we 
make  it  the  banner  State  organization  in  the 
United  States,  the  credit  will  belong  to  the 
rank  and  file. 

Fourth  Vice  President  Lamb : Mr.  Chair- 
man, I would  like  to  say  a word  to  the  dele- 
gates. I want  to  assure  each  and  every 
delegate  at  this  convention  that  I will  do  my 
duty  as  one  of  your  official  Executive  Board 
in  the  future,  as  I have  in  the  past,  but  I 
want  to  say  that  it  shall  be  within  the  limits 
of  the  constitution  of  the  Ohio  Federation  of 
Labor. 

Fifth  Vice  President  Van  Ness:  I don’t 

believe  there  is  a city  in  Ohio  that  will  re- 
member the  meeting  of  the  Ohio  Federation 
of  Labor  as  well  as  Akron.  I pledge  you 
my  word  I will  do  everything  in  my  power 
to  promote  the  interests  and  welfare  of  the 
Ohio  Federation  of  Labor  if  you  will  excuse 
me  until  I get  the  load  off  my  shoulders  that 
I am  now  carrying — those  two  boys  up  in 
jail.  When  they  are  out,  then  I will  be  out, 
and  I will  be  with  you  heart  and  soul,  but 
until  then  not  a thing  shall  stand  in  my  way 
until  that  job  is  finished. 

I would  like  to  report  on  the  collection  : I 
took  in  $10.54,  and  I had  $11.00  handed  to 
me.  I had  remarks  made  to  me  that  hurt 
like  thunder;  I won’t  say  what  they  were, 
but  I probably  will  return  $5.00  of  what  I 
collected  when  I get  back,  because  the  De- 
fense Committee  doesn’t  care  to  have  one 
cent  contributed  that  is  not  contributed  in 
the  right  spirit,  and  that  five-dollar  gold 
piece  that  was  handed  to  me  so  nicely  this 
morning,  with  the  promise  of  twenty  dollars 
more,  as  I have  said,  will  be  returned.  I 
have  $21.54;  if  I return  the  five,  I will  then 
have  $15.64.  I thank  you. 

Delegate  Austin  moved  that  we  extend  a 
vote  of  thanks  to  the  stenographer  for  her 
services. 

Carried. 

On  motion,  duly  seconded,  the  support  of 
the  delegates  was  pledged  to  the  incoming 
officers  for  the  coming  year,  which  motion 
was  unanimously  carried. 

Delegate  Marshall  called  for  three  cheers 
for  the  Ohio  Federation  of  Labor,  which 
were  given  with  a will. 

Convention  then  adjourned  sine  die. 


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OHIO  FEDERATION 


MEETING  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE 
BOARD. 

Board  was  called  to  order  by  President 
Lewis. 

Brothers  Smally  and  Spilker  appeared  be- 
fore the  board  to  state  their  views  upon  the 
application  of  the  Stogie  Makers  for  admis- 
sion to  the  Federation.  After  hearing  them 
the  board  decided  to  give  those  applying  for 
affiliation  an  opportunity  to  be  heard  at  the 
next  meeting  of  the  board. 


Bills  for  Credentials  Committee  of  board 
members,  of  printing,  etc.,  were  ordered 
paid. 

Members  Thomas  and  Hitchens  were  en- 
trusted with  the  work  of  preparing  the  Rey- 
nolds testimonial. 

Board  decided  to  meet  the  first  of  Decem- 
ber in  Cleveland. 

Testimonial  presented  to  Delegate  James 
A.  Reynolds,  from  the  Executive  Board, 
as  unanimously  desired  by  the  convention  : 


OF  LABOR 


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